B.C. patients leaving hospital despite advice, 60% likelier to overdose, study finds | CBC News

B.C. patients leaving hospital despite advice, 60% likelier to overdose, study finds | CBC News

A new study has found that patients in B.C. who left hospitals against medical advice were 60 per cent more likely to suffer an overdose within a month of leaving when risk factors were considered.The study, published in the Canadian Medical

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