Health Services Research © Health Research and Educational Trust DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12761 CORRIGENDUM
Corrigendum Correction to “Rehospitalization in a National Population of Home Health Care Patients with Heart Failure” Originally published in Health Services Research, Volume 47, Issue 6 (December 2012)
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On page 2329, Table 3 (continued), the word “(Reference)” under entries “Any physical therapy visits received,” “Gender,” and “Any home health aide visits received” of the “Effect” column was incorrectly placed. The correct placement is shown below:
Table 3. Continued Effect Dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid 0 = no 1 = yes (Reference) Bathing 0 = Independent 1 = Some dependence 2 = Dependent (Reference) Any physical therapy visits received 0 = No (Reference) 1 = Yes Severity of primary diagnosis 0 = asymptomatic 1 = symptoms controlled 2 = symptoms controlled w difficulty 3 = symptoms poorly controlled 4 = poorly controlled, hx of hospitalizations (Reference) Oral medication management 0 = Independent 1 = Some dependence 2 = Dependent (Reference) Gender 0 = male (Reference) 1 = female
Wald Chi-square %*
Point Estimate
95% Wald Confidence Limits
0.545
0.917 1.000
(0.880, 0.955)
0.51
0.785 0.866 1.000
(0.691, 0.893) (0.774, 0.970)
0.47
1.085 1.000
(1.045, 1.127)
0.45
0.630 0.825 0.891 0.924 1.000
(0.229, 1.738) (0.704, 0.967) (0.837, 0.948) (0.867, 0.985)
0.43
0.890 0.927 1.000
(0.840, 0.944) (0.882, 0.974)
0.43
1.081 1.000
(1.043, 1.121) Continued
1958
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1959
Table 3. Continued Wald Chi-square %*
Effect Comorbid diabetes 0 = no 1 = yes (Reference) Any home health aide visits received 0 = No (Reference) 1 = Yes Hospital-based agency 0 = no 1 = yes (Reference)
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Point Estimate
95% Wald Confidence Limits
0.26
0.944 1.000
(0.909, 0.980)
0.23
1.067 1.000
(1.020, 1.115)
0.17
1.046 1.000
(1.009, 1.084)
On page 2330, Table 4, the word “(Reference)” under entries “Any physical therapy visits received” and “Any home health aide visits received” of the “Effect” column was incorrectly placed. The correct placement is shown below:
Table 4: Contribution to the Variation in the Time to Rehospitalization using Cox Proportional Hazards Model with a Sample Size of 72,842 Effect
Wald Chi-square %*
Hazard Ratio
95% Wald Confidence Limits
Total number of hospitalizations in 6 months prior to index hospitalization For each unit change 40.1 1.177 Visit intensity category 0 = 20 feet 0.683 Climbing stairs 2 = with moderate exertion 0.731 3 = with minimal exertion 0.811 4 = at rest (Reference) 1.000 Toileting 0 = Independent 4.01 0.816 1 = Some dependence 0.908 2 = Dependent (Reference) 1.000 Rehabilitation prognosis 0 = Guarded 2.41 1.112 1 = Good (Reference) 1.000
(1.166, 1.188) (0.532, 0.604) (0.481, 0.527) (0.517, 0.536) (0.587, 0.643)
(0.554, 0.642) (0.644, 0.724) (0.693, 0.772) (0.768, 0.858)
(0.741, 0.898) (0.830, 0.994)
(1.073, 1.153) Continued
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Table 4. Continued Effect
Wald Chi-square %*
Age category ≤85 >85 (Reference) Any physical therapy visits received 0 = No (Reference) 1 = Yes Any home health aide visits received 0 = No (Reference) 1 = Yes Grooming 0 = Independent 1 = Some dependence 2 = Dependent (Reference) Gender 0 = male 1 = female (Reference)
Hazard Ratio
95% Wald Confidence Limits
1.57
1.113 1.000
(1.078, 1.150)
1.41
1.149 1.000
(1.112, 1.187)
0.98
1.132 1.000
(1.091, 1.175)
0.90
0.866 0.941 1.000
(0.795, 0.942) (0.870, 1.017) 1.000
0.63
1.079 1.000
(1.047, 1.112)
REFERENCE Madigan, E. A., N. H. Gordon, R. H. Fortinsky, S. M. Koroukian, I. Pi~ na, and J. S. Riggs. 2012. “Rehospitalization in a National Population of Home Health Care Patients with Heart Failure.” Health Services Research 47 (6): 2316–38.