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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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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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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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