Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 1046-1053 , April 2010

A critical appraisal of physician-hospital integration models

  • Bhagwan Satiani, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Dr Bhagwan Satiani, The Ohio State University, 456 West 10th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210
  • ,
  • Patrick Vaccaro, MD

Received 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 1 November 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)02308-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.11.035

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 1046-1053 , April 2010