Incorrect numbers: In the article by O'Leary et al entitled “Hospitalized Patients' Understanding of Their Plan of Care,” published in the January 2010 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings (Mayo Clin Proc. 2010;85(1):47-52), some denominators in the Results section of the abstract and text and in Table 2 were incorrect.
The 5th sentence in the Results section of the abstract should read as follows: Specifically, there was no agreement between patients and physicians on planned tests or procedures for the day in 87 (38%) of 231 instances and in 22 (10%) of 231 instances.
In the Results section of the text, right-hand column of page 49 and left-hand column of page 50, in the second paragraph under the heading “Patients' Understanding of Their Plan of Care,” the last 2 sentences should read as follows: As indicated in Table 2, there was no agreement between patients and physicians on planned tests or procedures for the day in 87 (38%) of 231 instances and in 22 (10%) of 231 instances, respectively. There was no agreement between patients and their physicians on planned medication changes for the day in 127 (54%) of 233 instances.
The corrected Table 2 is shown here.
TABLE 2.
Agreement Between Patients and Physicians on Aspects of the Plan of Care
