Discharge against Medical Advice (DAMA) from an Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Table 2

Relationship of discharge status and demographic factors and triage among adult population.

Variables	Discharge against medical advice	Admission to hospital	Home	Discharged with outpatient appointment	Transfer to another healthcare facility	value
Age in years (mean ± SD)	37.53 ± 13.17	34.53 ± 12.51	34.64 ± 12.03	41.05 ± 13.26	44.81 ± 13.11	<0.001
Age in years						<0.001
≤40 years	37 (62.7%)	392 (78.9%)	3955 (73.8%)	25 (45.5%)	12 (40%)
>40 years	22 (37.3%)	105 (21.1%)	1402 (26.2%)	30 (54.5%)	18 (60%)
Total	59	497	5357	55	30
Gender						<0.001
Female	45 (76.3%)	443 (89.1%)	3851 (71.9%)	35 (63.6%)	20 (67.7%)
Male	14 (23.7%)	54 (10.9%)	1506 (28.1%)	20 (36.4%)	10 (33.3%)
Total	59	497	5357	55	30
Triage						<0.001
Emergent	1 (1.8%)	16 (3.5%)	8 (0.2%)	0	7 (24.1%)
Urgent	28 (49.1%)	343 (76.1)	1024 (19.9%)	17 (34%)	14 (48.3%)
Less urgent	26 (45.6%)	91 (20.2%)	3321 (64.5%)	27 (54%)	6 (20.7%)
Nonurgent	2 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	781 (15.2%)	6 (12%)	2 (6.9%)
Non-ER patient	0	0	12 (0.2%)	0	0
Total	57	451	5146	50	29

Significant at value ≤ 0.05 by using ANOVA test/chi-square test.