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Research Article

Compensation claims following anterior cruciate ligament injuries reported to the patient insurance company in Sweden in 2005–2014

Osama Omara Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; Correspondence[email protected]
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Dzan Rizvanovicb Department of Orthopaedics, Växjö Central Hospital, Region Kronoberg, and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;
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Markus Waldénc Unit of Community Medicine, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Sweden, and Department of Orthopaedics, Hässleholm-Kristianstad Hospitals, Hässleholm;
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Karl Erikssona Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;
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Björn Bareniusa Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;
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Anders Stålmand Capio Artro Clinic, and Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Stockholm Sports Trauma Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Published online: 02 Nov 2021

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