Patient and incident characteristics of closed and settled malpractice claims reported in 2001 and 2002
| Characteristic | n (%) |
| Male gender | 27 (57) |
| Age, years | 44 (22)* |
| Days delay in giving the right treatment after misdiagnosis | 48 (48)* |
| No. of patients with permanent damage | 31 (59) |
| No. of patients who died | 2 (4) |
| Request for supervision by residents | |
| Yes | 13 (31) |
| No | 19 (45) |
| Unknown | 10 (24) |
| Incident time | |
| 00:00–12:00 | 17 (34) |
| 12:00–24:00 | 29 (58) |
| Unknown | 4 (8) |
| Incident day | |
| Monday through Friday | 32 (64) |
| Weekends | 18 (36) |
| Presentation on ED | |
| Via ambulance | 18 (36) |
| Via general practitioner | 11 (22) |
| Own initiative | 20 (40) |
| Unknown | 1 (2) |
| Type of incident | |
| Missed fractures | 16 (32) |
| Delayed diagnoses of fractures | 12 (34) |
| Missed luxations | 5 (10) |
| Delayed diagnoses of luxations | 1 (2) |
| Missed tendon lesions | 5 (10) |
| Missed other diagnoses | 8 (16) |
| Other | 3 (6) |
↵* The geometric means (SD) are shown for these data.