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CORRECTION article

Front. Public Health, 29 July 2024
Sec. Health Economics

Corrigendum: Care deficiencies and super-organization of American nursing homes in hospital referral region

  • Biostatistics Department, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada

In the published article, there was an error. Effect medication should be displayed as effect modification.

A correction has been made to Methods, Facility and Resident Characteristic Measures in Nursing Homes, Paragraph 1. This sentence previously stated:

“Effect medication between ownership type and affiliation class of nursing home was also explored.”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Effect modification between ownership type and affiliation class of nursing home was also explored.”

In the published article, there was an error. AHH should be displayed as AHHI.

A correction has been made to Methods, Measures Denoting Super-Organization in

Focal Areas, Paragraph 4. This sentence previously stated:

“The delta Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is the difference between the AHH and the HHI (4).”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“The delta Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) is the difference between the AHHI and the HHI (4).”

In the published article, there was an error. Effect medication should be displayed as effect modification.

A correction has been made to Discussion, Paragraph 3. This sentence previously stated:

“Effect medication between ownership type and super-organization of nursing home was shown in the association to care deficiencies.”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“Effect modification between ownership type and super-organization of nursing home was shown in the association to care deficiencies.”

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: social network analysis, degree-based centrality, ownership group, total weighted health survey score, registered organization

Citation: Pittman T (2024) Corrigendum: Care deficiencies and super-organization of American nursing homes in hospital referral region. Front. Public Health 12:1428751. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1428751

Received: 07 May 2024; Accepted: 19 July 2024;
Published: 29 July 2024.

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*Correspondence: Tyler Pittman, pittman.tyler@gmail.com

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.