Sentences with phrase «discharge against medical advice»

Health Policy Issues Brief: An evidence - based approach to reducing discharge against medical advice amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients

A key indicator of the current poor levels of cultural safety in health care delivery within the hospital setting is the unacceptable rate of discharge against medical advice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

It said institutionalised racism, lack of cultural safety and distrust in the health sector was already affecting access and outcomes for Indigenous people, with high rates of discharge against medical advice contributing to chronic ill health including diabetes, kidney disease and cancer.

In the two years to June 2013, as reported in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2014, the rate of discharge against medical advice for Indigenous patients was eight times that of non-Indigenous patients.

This equates to around 5 % of all Indigenous hospitalisations in the period July 2011 to June 2013 resulting in discharge against medical advice, as compared to the non-Indigenous rate of 0.5 %.

By the Friday, we'd had enough, we discharged ourselves against medical advice and lo and behold, J was fine!

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I can answer in terms of discharging - you can discharge your child against medical advice.

Further, the HPF 2014 reported discharge from hospital against medical advice was eight times the rate for Indigenous Australians compared with non-Indigenous Australians.