Predicting drug overdose and death after "before medically advised" hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

"Before medically advised" (BMA) hospital discharge is associated with higher risks for subsequent death and drug overdose. We sought to develop prediction models to estimate the absolute risk of death from any cause and illicit drug overdose after BMA discharge for a given patient.

Methods

We used retrospective population-based administrative health data of a 20% random sample of all British Columbia residents to derive and internally validate regression models to estimate the risks of death (model A) and illicit drug overdose (model B) within 30 days after BMA discharge. Model A included all nonelective, nonobstetrical adult hospitalizations ending in BMA discharge between 2015 and 2019. Model B included only hospitalizations from model A for patients with evide

SUBMITTER: Naik H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12594543 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature