Discharge against Medical Advice at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Gujarat, India

Table 2

Distribution of reasons for DAMA in the study group ().

Reasons for DAMA	n	Percent
Nonaffordability	29	70.7
Demands to bring various documents	1	2.4
Inappropriate behavior of doctors	3	7.3
Inappropriate behavior of nurses	4	9.8
Inappropriate behavior of PRO personnel	8	19.5
Poor prognosis	9	22.0
No guarantee	5	12.2
No improvement	11	26.8
Forced to take DAMA by paternal grandfather	1	2.4
No sleeping arrangements for relatives	1	2.4
No stay arrangements for relatives	1	2.4
Not allowing seeing the child	1	2.4
Not willing for surgery on their newborn child	1	2.4

Note: some patients can have more than one reason for DAMA.