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Table 2 Overview of complaint categories

From: Compensation claims for chiropractic in Denmark and Norway 2004–2012

Complaint category

Total n (%)

Approved n (%)

Financial compensation €EUR (% of total)

Worsening pain following treatment

91 (30.3%)

5 (5.5%)

€23,483 (1%)

Alleged disk herniation

57 (19%)

2 (3.5%)

€30,295 (1.3%)

Delayed referral

46 (15.3%)

14 (30.4%)

€148,667 (6.4%)

Newly developed symptoms/injury

35 (11.7%)

3 (8.6%)

€12,537 (0.5%)

Fracture

18 (6%)

3 (16.7%)

€20,612 (0.9%)

Cervical artery dissection

17 (5.7%)

11 (64.7%)

€2,044,523 (88.7%)

Rib injury

11 (3.7%)

0 (0%)

€0 (0%)

Accidents

10 (3.3%)

1 (10%)

€3,441 (0.1%)

Miscellaneous

15 (5.0%)

2 (13.3%)

€22,199 (1%)

TOTAL

300 (100%)

41 (13.7%)

€2,305,757

  1. Complaint categories, approval rates and financial compensation based on total amount of claims from DPCA and NSCP.