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Driving forces of GPs’ migration in Europe: an exploratory qualitative study

Marta Velgan, Thierry Vanderheyde, Ruth Kalda and Nele Michels
BJGP Open 2023; 7 (2): BJGPO.2022.0132. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0132
Marta Velgan
1 University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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2 Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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3 Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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2 Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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vol. 7 no. 2 BJGPO.2022.0132
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https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2022.0132
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36717117

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  • Received September 6, 2022
  • Revision received November 8, 2022
  • Accepted November 26, 2022
  • Published online June 27, 2023.

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  1. Marta Velgan1,*,
  2. Thierry Vanderheyde2,
  3. Ruth Kalda3 and
  4. Nele Michels2
  1. 1 University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
  2. 2 Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
  3. 3 Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Marta Velgan, marta.velgan{at}ut.ee
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