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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Erratum
Erratum to: Mortality and treatment costs of hospitalized chronic kidney disease patients between the three major health insurance schemes in Thailand
Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2016
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Upon publication of this article [1], it was brought to our attention that Table 1 contained several errors. The correct Table 1 is shown below. This has been updated in the original article.
Table 1
Characteristics of CKD patients by the main three health schemes
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Characteristics
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The main three Thai health schemes
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Universal Coverage Scheme
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Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme
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Social Health Insurance
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Number of adult patients (persons)
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98,727
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24,767
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4,844
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Number of admissions (times)
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185,161
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42,348
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8,930
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Age (mean ± SD)
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66.55 ± 13.36
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72.23 ± 11.46
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46.99 ± 12.16
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Sex (male/female)
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1/1.15
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1/0.88
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1/0.58
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Region (%)
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N / NE / C / S
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21.4 / 46.2 / 24.2 / 8.2
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17.4 / 32.6 / 39.5 /10.5
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11.6 / 11.2 / 71.2 / 6.1
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Hospital levels (%)
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Community hospital
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49.95
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27.24
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1.84
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General hospital
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23.58
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24.49
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16.72
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Tertiary hospital
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22.92
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48.14
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35.61
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Private hospital
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3.55
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0.13
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45.83
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Onetime admission / Multiple admission (%)
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62.6 / 37.4
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64.8 / 35.2
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60.0 / 40.0
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CKD diagnosed as primary / secondary (%)
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24.4 / 75.6
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19.9 / 80.1
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35.1 / 64.9
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Proportion of ESRD (%)
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24.19
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31.63
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52.06
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Common co-morbidities (%)
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Hypertension
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56.91
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67.90
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63.79
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Diabetes mellitus
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45.08
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49.09
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36.50
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Hyperlipidemia
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17.19
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25.05
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20.05
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Ischemic heart disease
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13.49
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21.68
|
11.91
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Heart failure
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14.28
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13.95
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12.70
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Gout
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10.49
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13.17
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6.44
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Sepsis
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12.78
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14.71
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10.90
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Pneumonia
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9.94
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12.25
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8.20
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Acute kidney injury
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8.59
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10.26
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7.23
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Diarrhea
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8.63
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8.34
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7.51
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Stroke
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6.51
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11.41
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5.66
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Respiratory failure
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8.53
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7.85
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4.81
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Complications (%)
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Anemia requiring blood transfusion
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31.86
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23.24
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31.32
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Hyperkalemia
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15.95
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11.56
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11.50
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Volume overload
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12.44
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8.96
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14.80
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Metabolic acidosis
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9.20
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5.04
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4.81
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Dialysis treatment (% of admissions)
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Hemodialysis
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6.97
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16.64
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24.15
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Peritoneal dialysis
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2.98
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1.86
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2.15
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Overall mortality rate (%)
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10.39
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12.44
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8.71
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Mortality rate in different hospital levels (%)
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Community / General / Tertiary / Private
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3.7 / 14.9 / 17.5 / 13.2
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5.9 / 14.5 / 15.1 / 15.2
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7.9 / 8.04 / 10.4 / 7.6
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