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3.09 Discharge against medical advice

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Data tables: 3.09 Discharge against medical advice

List of tables in measure 3.09

National

Table D3.09.1: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.2: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and sex (excluding dialysis), Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.3: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and jurisdiction (excluding dialysis), Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.4: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk (excluding dialysis), by Indigenous status and remoteness , Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.5: Average length of stay of hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk (excluding dialysis), by Indigenous status and sex, Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.6: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status (excluding dialysis), NSW, Vic, Qld, WA, SA and NT, 2006–07 to 2018–19

Table D3.09.7: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.8: Diagnosis chapters with the highest percentage of Indigenous hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk (excluding dialysis), Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.10: Odds ratios of variables in the logistic regression model of the likelihood of patients leaving against medical advice/being discharged at own risk (excluding dialysis), July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.11: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status and triage category, public hospital emergency departments, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.12: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status, public hospital emergency departments, 2011–12 to 2018–19

Table D3.09.13: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status and remoteness, public hospital emergency departments, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.14: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status and jurisdiction, public hospital emergency departments, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.15: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status and sex, public hospital emergency departments, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.16: Proportion of emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk or did not wait, by Indigenous status and age group, public hospital emergency departments, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.17: Emergency department presentations where the patient left at their own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis, public hospital emergency departments, 2018–19

New South Wales

Table D3.09.1 NSW: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), New South Wales and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 NSW: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), New South Wales and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Victoria

Table D3.09.1 Vic: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Victoria and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 Vic: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Victoria and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Queensland

Table D3.09.1 Qld: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Queensland and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 Qld: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Queensland and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Western Australia

Table D3.09.1 WA: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Western Australia and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 WA: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Western Australia and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

South Australia

Table D3.09.1 SA: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), South Australia and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 SA: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), South Australia and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Tasmania

Table D3.09.1 Tas: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Tasmania and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 Tas: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Tasmania and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Australian Capital Territory

Table D3.09.1 ACT: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Australian Capital Territory and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 ACT: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Australian Capital Territory and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Northern Territory

Table D3.09.1 NT: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and age group (excluding dialysis), Northern Territory and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Table D3.09.7 NT: Hospitalisations where patients left against medical advice/were discharged at own risk, by Indigenous status and principal diagnosis (excluding dialysis), Northern Territory and Australia, July 2017 to June 2019

Data sources

This measured was last updated on 31 January 2023. See table below for details of updates by data source.

Topic	Data source	Latest time period reported	Measure content last updated
Hospitalisations	National Hospital Morbidity Database (NHMD)	2017-19	31 Jan 2023
Emergency department care	National Non-admitted Patient Emergency Care Database	2017-19	31 Jan 2023

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