Risk factors for persistent frequent use of the primary health care services among frequent attenders: A Bayesian approach
Koskela T-H, Ryynanen O-P & Soini EJ.
Scand J Prim Health Care 2010;28:55-61. DOI: 10.3109/02813431003690596
On page 55 the affiliations for Olli-Pekka Ryynanen:
General Practice Unit, Kuopio University Hospital, and Department of General Practice, University of Kupio
should have read:
University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital/Primary Health Care
On page 55 the affiliations for Erkki J. Soini:
ESiOR Oy, Department of Health Policy and Management, and Department of Social Pharmacy, University of Kuopio, Finland
should have read:
ESiOR Oy, Kuopio, Finland, and School of Pharmacy, and Department of Social and Health Management, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.
On page 55 the correspondence address:
Tuomas-Heikki Koskela, Department of General Practice, University of Tampere, Finland.
should have read:
Tuomas-Heikki Koskela, University of Tampere, Medical School, 33014 Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland.
On page 57, Table I legend:
3Bivariate analyses, categorical variables: Pearson ’s chi-squared test. 3Year 2002, first year of follow-up.
should have read:
3Bivariate analyses, categorical variables: Pearson ’s chi-squared test.
On page 58 Table III should have included an additional note:
**Significant at 0.010 level
On page 59, Table IV legend:
16Cut-off point >6
should have read:
16Cut-off point ≥6
On page 59 Table IV should have included an additional note:
*Significant at 0.050 level
On page 59 the sentence:
A new observation was that the temporary FAs did not differ sufficiently from persistent FAs regarding these known risk factors for FA in total.
should have read:
A new observation was that the temporary FAs did not differ sufficiently from persistent FAs regarding these known risk factors for frequent attendance in total.
On page 60 the Declaration of interest:
The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
should have read:
EJS is the CEO, consultant and shareholder of ESiOR Ltd. ESiOR carries out commissioned studies and health-economic analysis for several pharmaceutical companies, food industry companies, and hospitals. All authorship decisions were made on the basis of scientific consideration. Other authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.
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