Correction to: Effectiveness of the German disease management programs: quasi-experimental analyses assessing the population-level health impact (BMC Public Health, (2021), 21, 1, (2092), 10.1186/s12889-021-12050-7)

After publication of the original article [1] the authors noticed that several affiliations were incorrect. The original affiliations were published as: • 1 Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, TU München, Marchioninistrasse 17, 80336 Munich, Germany. • 2 Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, LMU Munich Marchioninistrasse 17, 80336 Munich, Germany. • 3 Munich School of Management and Munich Center of Health Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany. • 4 Pettenkofer School of Public Health, Munich, Germany. • 5 Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany. The correction affiliations are: • 1 Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62 80992 Munich, Germany • 2 Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry and Epidemiology, LMU Munich Marchioninistrasse 17 80336 Munich, Germany • 3 Pettenkofer School of Public Health Munich, Germany • 4 Munich School of Management and Munich Center of Health Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany • 5 Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Zentrum München • Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH) Ingolstädter Landstraße 1 85764 Neuherberg, Germany The original article has been updated.