Correction

Abstract

The article entitled, “Variation between End-of-Life Health Care Costs in Los Angeles and San Diego: Why Are They So Different?” in 2011;14(2)215-220; doi: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0285 had errors in Table 4. The percentage of decedents enrolled in hospice during the last 6 months of life for Los Angeles and San Diego were transposed. The correct percentage for Los Angeles is 22.4% and the correct percentage for San Diego is 44.6%.

The corrected version of Table 4 is as follows:

Table 4.

Differences between Los Angeles and San Diego Patients for End-of-Life Care

Measure	Los Angeles	San Diego
Hospice days per decedent during the last 6 months of life	8.4	17.0
Percent of decedents enrolled in hospice during the last 6 months of life	22.4%	44.6%
Hospital care intensity index, last 2 years of life, by component	1.80	0.97
Inpatient days per decedent during the hospitalization in which death occurred, by level of care intensity	4.29	2.45
Percent of deaths associated with ICU admission (2001–2005)	30.2%	21.1%
Percent of deaths occurring in hospital (2001–2005)	39.4%	28.7%

ICU, intensive care unit.

The author regrets this error.