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Erratum to: A cohort study examining emergency department visits and hospital admissions among people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal volume 14, Article number: 42 (2017) Cite this article

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Erratum

Upon publication of the original article [1], it was noticed that an error occurred at the beginning of the Methods section. This originally appeared as:

“Among the 3500 to 600 people who use drugs in Ottawa, rates of Hepatitis C and HIV are among the highest of any major Canadian city Among Ottawa’s the 3500 to 6000 people who use drugs in Ottawa, rates of Hepatitis C and HIV are among the highest of any major Canadian city [3]”

This has now been updated to:

“Among the 3500 to 6000 people who use drugs in Ottawa, rates of Hepatitis C and HIV are among the highest of any major Canadian city [3].”

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  1. Kendall CE. A cohort study examining emergency department visits and hospital admissions among people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal. 2017;14:16. doi:10.1186/s12954-017-0143-4.

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  1. Bruyère Research Institute, 43 Bruyère Street (Annex E), Ottawa, ON, K1N 5C8, Canada

    Claire E. Kendall & Lisa M. Boucher

  2. Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Avenue, Box 684, Administrative Services Building, 1st Floor, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada

    Amy E. Mark & Ahmed M. Bayoumi

  3. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada

    Alana Martin

  4. Social Development Studies and School of Social Work, Renison University College-University of Waterloo, 240 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G4, Canada

    Zack Marshall

  5. Sandy Hill Community Health Centre, 221 Nelson Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 1C7, Canada

    Rob Boyd

  6. Ottawa Public Health, 179 Clarence St, Ottawa, ON, K1N 5P7, Canada

    Pam Oickle

  7. PROUD Community Advisory Committee, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Nicola Diliso, Dave Pineau, Brad Renaud, Tiffany Rose & Sean LeBlanc

  8. Drug Users Advocacy League, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Sean LeBlanc

  9. BC Centre for Disease Control, 655W 12th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4R4, Canada

    Mark Tyndall

  10. Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Rd, Ottawa, ON, K1H 8 L1, Canada

    Olivia M. Lee

  11. Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and Division of General Internal Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    Ahmed M. Bayoumi

  12. Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto ON 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1 W8, Canada

    Ahmed M. Bayoumi

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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s12954-017-0143-4.

The original version of this article was revised: An error at the beginning of the Methods section was revised to “Among the 3500 to 6000 people who use drugs in Ottawa, rates of Hepatitis C and HIV are among the highest of any major Canadian city [3].

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Kendall, C.E., Boucher, L.M., Mark, A.E. et al. Erratum to: A cohort study examining emergency department visits and hospital admissions among people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada. Harm Reduct J 14, 42 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-017-0169-7

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