When patients who inject drugs are hospitalized for a bacterial infection, which hospital day are they most likely to leave against medical advice?
Day 1, potentially due to under-treated pain or withdrawal.
Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Hospitalizations for Infections Related to Injection Drug Use, 2013-2018. CHAR 2020; 5(1), 1-6. https://www.phila.gov/media/20200206154343/CHART-v5e1.pdf
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