Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice (AMA)

These datasets focus on patients leaving California hospitals in 2019-2020 against medical advice (AMA), which is defined as choosing to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Patients leaving AMA are exposed to higher risks due to inadequately treated medical issues, which may result in the need for readmission.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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identifier 8fe9d3f5-26e7-4d50-b2c7-ad63020fbb21
issued 2021-02-11T19:14:08.795165
modified 2022-03-24T17:56:36.541772
publisher Department of Health Care Access and Information
resource-type Dataset
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theme {"Health and Human Services"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • ama
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • ckan
  • clinical-diagnosis
  • department-of-health-care-access-and-information
  • geo
  • geoss
  • healthcare
  • healthcare-quality
  • hospital-discharges
  • hospitals
  • national
  • north-america
  • patients-leaving-against-medical-advice
  • united-states
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer HCAI, Healthcare Analytics Branch, Quality and Performance Section
maintainer_email opendata@hcai.ca.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-19T21:08:50.107296
metadata_modified 2025-11-19T21:08:50.107302
notes These datasets focus on patients leaving California hospitals in 2019-2020 against medical advice (AMA), which is defined as choosing to leave the hospital before the treating physician recommends discharge. Patients leaving AMA are exposed to higher risks due to inadequately treated medical issues, which may result in the need for readmission.
num_resources 5
num_tags 16
title Patients Leaving California Hospitals Against Medical Advice (AMA)