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Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019;8(8): 474-479. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.26
PMID: 31441287        PMCID: PMC6706961

Original Article

Leaving Against Medical Advice From In-patients Departments Rate, Reasons and Predicting Risk Factors for Re-visiting Hospital Retrospective Cohort From a Tertiary Care Hospital

Obada Hasan 1 * , Muhammad Adeel Samad 2, Hamza Khan 3, Maryam Sarfraz 4, Shahryar Noordin 1, Tashfeen Ahmad 1,5 ORCID, Gul Nowshad 6

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