Erratum to: Int Arch Occup Environ Health DOI 10.1007/s00420-014-0977-y
Authors would like to publish an erratum to correct the error in the abstract and Table 2. The percentage difference-in-differences estimate for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) values under the abstract and Table 2 are updated, and the corrected text and table are given below.
Results The most probable difference-in-differences estimate indicated that the California law was associated with 55.57 fewer occupational injuries and illnesses per 10,000 RNs per year, a value 31.6 % lower than the expected rate without the law. The most probable reduction for LPNs was 38.2 %. Analyses of CIs suggested that these reductions were unlikely to be due to chance.
Conclusions Despite significant data restrictions and corresponding methodological limitations, the evidence suggests that the law was effective in reducing occupational injury and illness rates for both RNs and LPNs. Whether these 31.6 and 38.2 % reductions are maintained over time remains to be seen.
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Leigh, J.P., Markis, C.A., Iosif, A. et al. Erratum to: California’s nurse-to-patient ratio law and occupational injury. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 88, 485–486 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-015-1017-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-015-1017-2