Table 1. Arbitration proceedings after the treatment of fractures in children.

		n	%
Number of proceedings		189	100
Proceedings in which malpractice was confirmed		121	64
Total number of hospitals/doctors involved in proceedings		213	100
Number of proceedings against:
	A single hospital/doctor	189	90
	Two hospitals/doctors	18	9
	Three hospitals/doctors	3	1
Number of persons/institutions found to have committed malpractice
(in 7 cases, two hospitals/doctors were found to have committed malpractice in a single case)		128	60
Number of defined complaints/allegations that were made		282	100
Confirmed malpractice related to the allegations		174	62