In the research article “Length of stay and hospital costs among patients admitted to hospital by family physicians,”1 which appeared in the March 2012 issue, a portion of the acknowledgment section was inadvertently omitted. The acknowledgment should have read as follows:
Acknowledgments
The authors sincerely thank Drs C. Kirkham and J. Berkowitz from the Department of Family Medicine at the University of British Columbia for providing expert research method and technical advice; Professor K. McGrail from the University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health for expert advice on utilizing ecological markers of socioeconomic status; Mr S. Markowski, Ms J. Cho, Mr W. MacKenzie, and Ms V. Johnson from St Paul’s Hospital for help with data extraction; Ms S. Butler and Ms L. Cioban from Providence Healthcare Department of Financial Analysis for help with data extraction and expert advice on hospital costing systems; and the St Paul’s Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program for their support. This study was funded by a British Columbia College of Family Physicians Research Award. The Centre for Research on Inner City Health, part of the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St Michael’s Hospital, gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The authors also acknowledge the support of BMO Financial Group, funders of the Vulnerable Populations Unit at St Michael’s Hospital. The views expressed here are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of any of the above-named organizations.
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