Bone and joint disorders: prevention and control

Re: “Bone and Joint Disorders: Prevention and Control”, the Supplement to the 1 March 2004 issue of the Journal (Med J Aust 2004; 180 (5 Suppl): S1-S40). Three errors have been noted.

Firstly, on page S2, the funding for the Supplement was incorrectly attributed to the Department of Health and Ageing alone, and the text should have read: “The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing sponsored the summit — Bone and Joint Decade Approach, Canberra November 15, 2002. Merck Sharp & Dohme, the Department of Health and Ageing and the Australian Rheumatology Association funded the publication of this Supplement. The views expressed in this Supplement are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the funding organisations.”

Secondly, there is incorrect reference numbering in the article “Can we reduce disease burden from osteoarthritis? An evidence-based priority-setting model”, by Segal L, Day SE, Chapman AB and Osborne RH. In the section on primary prevention, on page S14, the reference numbers should have read 1,8-10,12, and not 1,12-9.

Finally, in the article “The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry”, by Graves SE, Davidson D, Ingerson L, et al, the details for one author were omitted from the authors’ address box on page S31. These details are as follows: Heather J McElroy, BSc(Hons), GradDipApplStat, Statistician, Data Management and Analysis Centre, Department of Public Health and General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA.