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This study reports economic claims of chronic pain following inguinal hernia repair.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Consecutive data on economic claims following inguinal hernia repair was collected from the nationwide Danish Patient Compensation Association. Patients\u2019 claims were stratified into three groups: 1) isolated chronic pain claims without claims of competing potential reasons for chronic pain (ICP); 2) diverse claims not involving claims of chronic pain (NCP); and 3) claims involving a combination of chronic pain and competing potential claim reasons for chronic pain (CCP).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 507 patients were included and 256 (50.5%) filed a claim involving chronic pain. Follow-up was 100% and median time from hernia repair to patient filing a claim in the ICP group was 1.5 years (IQR 0.6\u20132.6 years). ICP, NCP and CCP comprised 172 patients (33.9%), 251 patients (49.5%) and 84 patients (16.6%) respectively. Chronic pain was by far the most common claim reason (33.6% of all claim reasons). The median sum of granted compensation per patient in the ICP, NCP and CCP groups was \u20ac14,440 (IQR 7,233\u2013100,600), \u20ac6,289 (4,024\u201312,094) and \u20ac7,777 (5,639\u201311,781) respectively.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Long-term chronic pain alone, not involving other complications, was by far the most common reason for seeking economic compensation. 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