Скачать или смотреть Leaving hospital against medical advice linked to increased overdose risk, study suggests

People who leave the hospital against medical advice are 10 times more likely to suffer an overdose compared to those who leave after being discharged by a doctor, according to a new study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal that examined health data on hospital admissions in British Columbia between 2015 and 2019.

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