Table 2. Arbitration proceedings after the treatment of fractures in children.

Specialty and site of treatment	Persons and institutions against whom proceedings were initiated, N1	Complaints made, N2	Therapeutic errors (avoidable errors confirmed by arbitration board), n	Therapeutic errors, (n/N2, expressed in percent)
Trauma surgery, including hand surgery
Hospital, inpatient	71	99	55	56
Hospital, outpatient	32	41	26	63
Doctor’s office	21	25	17	68
Total:	124	165	98	59
General/visceral surgery
Hospital, inpatient	14	22	14	64
Hospital, outpatient	15	16	14	88
Doctor’s office	21	27	19	70
Total:	50	65	47	71
Pediatric surgery
Hospital, inpatient	12	16	12	75
Hospital, outpatient	3	5	1	20
Doctor’s office	1	2	1	50
Total:	16	23	14	61
Orthopedics
Doctor’s office	8	11	5	45
Pediatrics
Hospital	4	5	1	20
Doctor’s office	1	2	2	100
Total:	5	7	3	43
General medicine
	3	4	4	100
Otorhinolaryngology
Doctor’s office (1 facial & 2 nasal fractures)	3	3	1	33
Obstetrics
Hospital
(2 cases of birth trauma)	2	2	1	50
Anesthesiology
Hospital
(2 incidents involving general anesthesia)	2	2	1	50
Total	213	282	174	62

Note: There were many cases in which more than one allegation was made and/or more than one error was confirmed.