Leaving the hospital against medical advice among people who use illicit drugs: a systematic review

L Ti, L Ti - American journal of public health, 2015 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Background. Leaving the hospital against medical advice is an increasing problem in acute
care settings and is associated with an array of negative health consequences that may lead …

Understanding why patients with substance use disorders leave the hospital against medical advice: a qualitative study

R Simon, R Snow, S Wakeman - Substance abuse, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Hospital discharges against medical advice (AMA) is associated with negative
health outcomes and re-admissions. Patients with substance use disorders (SUD) are up to …

Caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the hospital

JH Donroe, SR Holt, JM Tetrault - Cmaj, 2016 - Can Med Assoc
Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5). 1 The term “opioid” refers to any substance that acts
at opioid receptors, including prescription medications, such as morphine, and illicit drugs …

Hospitals as a 'risk environment': an ethno-epidemiological study of voluntary and involuntary discharge from hospital against medical advice among people who …

R McNeil, W Small, E Wood, T Kerr - Social science & medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
People who inject drugs (PWID) experience high levels of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C (HCV)
infection that, together with injection-related complications such as non-fatal overdose and …

“Maybe if I stop the drugs, then maybe they'd care?”—hospital care experiences of people who use drugs

S Chan Carusone, A Guta, S Robinson, DH Tan… - Harm Reduction …, 2019 - Springer
Background Drug use is associated with increased morbidity and mortality but people who
use drugs experience significant barriers to care. Data are needed about the care …

Advancing patient‐centered care for structurally vulnerable drug‐using populations: a qualitative study of the perspectives of people who use drugs regarding the …

R McNeil, T Kerr, B Pauly, E Wood, W Small - Addiction, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To explore the perspectives of structurally vulnerable people who use drugs (PWUD)
regarding:(1) the potential integration of harm reduction interventions (eg supervised drug …

In-hospital illicit drug use and patient-directed discharge: barriers to care for patients with injection-related infections

EF Eaton, AO Westfall, B McClesky… - Open forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Hospitalized persons who inject drugs are at a greater risk of adverse hospital
outcomes including discharge against medical advice, inpatient illicit drug use, overdose …

[HTML][HTML] “Maybe if I stop the drugs, then maybe they'd care?”—hospital care experiences of people who use drugs

SC Carusone, A Guta, S Robinson, DH Tan… - Harm reduction …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Drug use is associated with increased morbidity and mortality but people who
use drugs experience significant barriers to care. Data are needed about the care …

Hospital readmissions in a community-based sample of homeless adults: a matched-cohort study

D Saab, R Nisenbaum, I Dhalla, SW Hwang - Journal of general internal …, 2016 - Springer
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Hospital readmission rates are a widely used quality indicator
that may be elevated in disadvantaged populations. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: a qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals

L Baatiema, AG Aikins, A Sav, G Mnatzaganian… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Despite major advances in research on acute stroke care interventions, relatively
few stroke patients benefit from evidence-based care due to multiple barriers. Yet current …