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Medical tourism: the role of the primary care provider

Jamie L Weis, R Barry Sirard and Patrick A Palmieri
BJGP Open 2017; 1 (2): bjgpopen17X100617. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X100617
Jamie L Weis
1 Physician Assistant and Medical Service Trip Leader, Urgent Care & Primary Care, Coordinated Health, , US
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2 Primary Care Physician, Urgent Care & Primary Care, Coordinated Health, , US
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Patrick A Palmieri
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vol. 1 no. 2 bjgpopen17X100617
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen17X100617
PubMed 
30564654

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Royal College of General Practitioners
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  • Received September 13, 2016
  • Accepted September 22, 2016
  • Published online July 11, 2017.

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  1. Jamie L Weis, PA-C1,*,
  2. R Barry Sirard, MD2 and
  3. Patrick A Palmieri, DHSc, EdS, MBA3
  1. 1 Physician Assistant and Medical Service Trip Leader, Urgent Care & Primary Care, Coordinated Health, Allentown, Pennsylvania , US
  2. 2 Primary Care Physician, Urgent Care & Primary Care, Coordinated Health, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , US
  3. 3 Director, Institute for Health Services Research, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima , Peru
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
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