HCUP Facts and Figures

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HIGHLIGHTS

INTRODUCTION

HCUP PARTNERS

1. OVERVIEW

2. DIAGNOSES

3. PROCEDURES

4. COSTS

5. MHSA

SOURCES/METHODS

DEFINITIONS

FOR MORE INFO

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CITATION

FACTS & FIGURES 2008 PDF

EXHIBIT 5.4 MH and SA Inpatient Hospital Discharges Against Medical Advice (PDF)

MHSA inpatient hospital discharges against medical advice (AMA) as a share of all discharges AMA, 2008. Pie chart. MH: 7%, 25,000 discharges; SA: 14%, 52,700 discharges; all other diagnoses: 79%, 292,300 discharges. 370,000 total discharges against medical advice. Note: MHSA discharges are based on principal CCS diagnosis.

Although MHSA discharges represented 5 percent of all community hospital discharges in 2008, they accounted for 21 percent of all discharges leaving the hospital against medical advice (AMA).

Of the 39.5 million hospital discharges in 2008, 370,000 discharges were designated as AMA. Of these AMA discharges, 25,000 AMA stays (7 percent) had a principal MH diagnosis and 52,700 (14 percent) had a principal SA diagnosis.

Discharge rate against medical advice (AMA) for MHSA and all other diagnoses, 2008. Column chart. Discharges AMA per 1,000 discharges. MH: 19; SA: 107; all other diagnoses: 8. Note: MHSA discharges are based on principal CCS diagnosis.

The rate of discharges AMA was higher for MH and SA discharges than for all other discharges in 2008.

Of the 1.3 million MH stays, 19 per 1,000 discharges were AMA.
Of the 0.5 million SA stays, 107 per 1,000 discharges were AMA. Discharges AMA occurred 11 times more frequently for SA stays than for all the other non-MHSA discharges (8 per 1,000 discharges).

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