Table 4.

Claim consequences as reported by claimant and verified by medical expert

Consequence	Claimant	Objective
Functional restriction	94 (20.4%)	19 (4.1%)
Pain	88 (19.1%)	13 (2.8%)
Revision or readmission	74 (16.1%)	29 (6.3%)
Delay	70 (15.2%)	39 (8.5%)
Disappointing results	15 (3.3%)	3 (0.7%)

Consequences of claims as reported by the claimant and the objective consequences as determined by the medical expert working on the case. Results are displayed as number and percentage of all included claims (N = 460)