Table 8. Comparison of public and private hospitals concerning malpractice.

	Public					Private
Sources of complaints	No malpractice		Malpractice		p	No malpractice		Malpractice		p
	n	%	n	%		n	%	n	%
Death	8	20	4	40	0.081	3	9.6	0	0.0	1.000
Nerve injury	10	25	2	20	1.000	1	3.2	0	0.0	1.000
Infection	2	5	0	0.0	1.000	5	16.1	0	0.0	1.000
Periprosthetic fracture	4	10	0	0.0	1.000	4	12.9	2	66.7	0.088
Leg length discrepancy	5	12.5	0	0.0	0.572	3	9.6	0	0.0	1.000
Hip dislocation	2	5	1	10	0.421	4	12.9	0	0.0	1.000
Implant loosening	2	5	0	0.0	1.000	1	3.2	1	33.3	0.187
Other anesthetic complaints	1	2.5	1	10	0.302	2	6.4	0	0.0	1.000
Implant failure	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.000	2	6.4	0	0.0	1.000
Vascular injury	3	7.5	2	20	0.180	1	3.2	0	0.0	1.000
Pulmonary embolism	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.000	2	6.4	0	0.0	1.000
Deep vein thrombosis	1	2.5	0	0.0	1.000	1	3.2	0	0.0	1.000
Other	2	5	0	0.0	1.000	2	6.4	0	0.0	1.000
Total	40		10			31		3