Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2011

Malpractice payments by optometrists: An analysis of the national practitioner databank over 18 years

  • Robert S. Duszak, O.D.

      Affiliations

    • Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Robert S. Duszak, O.D., Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 3800 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
    • ,
  • Richard Duszak Jr., M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Mid-South Imaging and Therapeutics, Memphis, Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee

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 Disclosure: The authors have no financial or other relationships that might lead to a conflict of interest.

PII: S1529-1839(10)00314-3

doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2010.05.009

Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 32-37 , January 2011

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