Correction: Is the Readmission Rate a Valid Quality Indicator? A Review of the Evidence
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There is an error in the first sentence of the Results paragraph of the Abstract. The correct sentence is: The search resulted in 101 included papers. There is an error in the third sentence of the first paragraph of the Results. The correct sentence is: Of the remaining 420 articles another 319 were excluded based on full text review (Fig. 1). There is an error in Fig. 1. The authors have provided a corrected figure below.
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Is the Readmission Rate a Valid Quality Indicator? A Review of the Evidence
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