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Correction to: Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015

BMC Health Services Research volume 19, Article number: 163 (2019) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 06 January 2019

Correction to: BMC Health Serv Res

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3759-5

In the original publication of this article [1], some numbers in the below sentence errors in the Results section of the Abstract:

In-hospital mortality of all cases with lower limb amputation fell from 19.8% in 2005 to 17.4% in 2015 (SMR 0.89 [95% CI 0.86; 0.92]).

Other results and interpretation remain unchanged. The numbers are revised in the paragraph below: In-hospital mortality of all cases with lower limb amputation fell from 11.2% in 2005 to 7.7% in 2015.

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  1. Spoden M, et al. Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level - observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015. BMC Health Serv Res. 2019;19:8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3759-5.

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  1. Department of Structural Advancement and Quality Management in Health Care, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Melissa Spoden, Ulrike Nimptsch & Thomas Mansky

  2. Department of Health Care Management, Technische Universität Berlin, H80, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany

    Melissa Spoden & Ulrike Nimptsch

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Spoden, M., Nimptsch, U. & Mansky, T. Correction to: Amputation rates of the lower limb by amputation level – observational study using German national hospital discharge data from 2005 to 2015. BMC Health Serv Res 19, 163 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3973-9

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