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Why Puerto Rico's failing health care system is driving health

(3 days ago) WEBThe story noted that the collapsing healthcare system had left large swaths of Puerto Rico with scant medical infrastructure and personnel. The number of physicians dropped by almost 50%.

https://www.wlrn.org/health/2023-12-04/puerto-rico-mortality-rate-healthcare-system

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Health care system "collapse": Doctors, experts sound …

(9 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico's health care system still feeling the impact after Hurricane Maria 07:30. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which hit in 2017, Puerto Rico's public health care system was flooded

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/puerto-rico-health-care-system-collapse/

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Puerto Rico Risks Health Care, Fiscal Crisis Without Medicaid Fix …

(2 days ago) WEBA large decrease in Medicaid funding, as would occur if the CMS interpretation is overturned and adequate resources are not added, would be a massive …

https://www.cbpp.org/blog/puerto-rico-risks-health-care-fiscal-crisis-without-medicaid-fix-this-winter

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Inside Puerto Rico’s Crumbling Healthcare System - PBS

(Just Now) WEBHERNANDEZ: Puerto Rico’s health care system is pretty complicated. It depends a lot on the federal government. and you have hospitals that are running into …

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/inside-puerto-ricos-crumbling-healthcare-system/

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Half of Puerto Rico could lose health coverage if …

(8 days ago) WEBRoughly 1.5 million Puerto Ricans rely on Medicaid for health care. Puerto Rico could lose Medicaid funding in less than two months, putting at risk roughly 1.5 million people -- nearly half the

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/half-puerto-rico-lose-health-coverage-congress-act/story?id=78732002

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Health Disparities Research Framework Adaptation to Reflect …

(3 days ago) WEBThere are several structural challenges regarding the how the healthcare system operates and its capacity to address the population’s health needs. In the …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698747/

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The Challenges of Inequitable Care: A Look at Puerto …

(1 days ago) WEBThe World Health Organization (WHO) defines a disparity as “differences in health, which are not only unnecessary and avoidable but, in addition, are considered unfair and unjust” ().This definition could not be more clearly …

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.03.007

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New tip sheet on health disparities in Puerto Rico

(3 days ago) WEBA shared concern among public health researchers is that Puerto Rico lacks adequate long-term care options for the territory’s aging population; more than a …

https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2022/10/new-tip-sheet-on-health-disparities-in-puerto-rico/

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Evidence Indicates a Range of Challenges for Puerto Rico Health …

(5 days ago) WEBReports. Evidence Indicates a Range of Challenges for Puerto Rico Health Care System. Publication Date. Jan 11, 2017. Files. Document. …

https://aspe.hhs.gov/reports/evidence-indicates-range-challenges-puerto-rico-health-care-system

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Puerto Rico - Country Profile Health in the Americas

(6 days ago) WEBIn 2020, Puerto Rico ranked 13th in the Region of the Americas in terms of the number of deaths from COVID-19, and 11th in 2022, with a cumulative 1555.5 deaths per million …

https://hia.paho.org/en/countries-2022/puerto-rico-country-profile

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Evidence Indicates a Range of Challenges for Puerto Rico …

(5 days ago) WEBSelf-reported health status is far worse in Puerto Rico, with adults reporting higher rates of fair or poor health (35.4 percent compared to 17.9 percent in 2014). In this report, we …

https://aspe.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/private/pdf/255466/PuertoRico_Assessment.pdf

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The State of Recovery: An Update on Community Health …

(Just Now) WEBhealth centers and the major policy issues that affect health centers, their communities, and the patients CEO of Frederiksted Health Care, Inc.) 13 Puerto Rico and the …

https://geigergibson.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4421/files/2021-12/final_puerto-rico-52-april-2018_4.2.pdf

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Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors Among Adults in Puerto Rico …

(8 days ago) WEBStudies in Puerto Rico documented the severe posthurricane disruptions to these medical services, as well as widespread physical destruction to health care …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2787979

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The Recovery of Community Health Centers in Puerto Rico and the …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2017, 20 federally-funded health centers 2 and one look-alike health center 3 in Puerto Rico served nearly 370,000 patients and the two health centers in …

https://www.kff.org/report-section/the-recovery-of-community-health-centers-in-puerto-rico-and-the-us-virgin-islands-one-year-after-hurricanes-maria-and-irma-issue-brief/

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Puerto Rico's crumbling health care system contributes to high

(6 days ago) WEBWashington Post reporter Arelis Hernandez joins us to discuss her reporting on how Puerto Rico's crumbling health care system is leading to the high death rate. …

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/12/13/puerto-rico-health-care

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Puerto Rico’s health care system is still in crisis after - Vox

(5 days ago) WEBA 13-year-old’s death highlights Puerto Rico’s post-Maria health care crisis Hundreds of doctors have left the island, and hospitals and clinics remain shuttered. By …

https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/2/27/21150176/puerto-rico-health-care-hospital-access-hurricane-maria

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Medicaid Financing Cliff: Implications for the Health Care Systems …

(7 days ago) WEBIn Puerto Rico, recent trends and projections show an expected decline in Medicaid enrollment from 1.5 million to 1.2 million from 2017 to 2020 due to expiration of …

https://www.kff.org/report-section/medicaid-financing-cliff-implications-for-the-health-care-systems-in-puerto-rico-and-usvi-issue-brief/

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Health conditions and lifestyle risk factors of adults living in Puerto

(6 days ago) WEBPuerto Rico is experiencing an economic and healthcare crisis, yet there are scarce recent and comprehensive reports on the population’s health profile. We …

https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5359-z

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Digging into the Reasons for Puerto Rico’s Successful COVID-19

(8 days ago) WEBHealth care administrators approached the COVID-19 pandemic with a public health mindset. Unlike on the mainland, all health care administrators in Puerto …

https://www.aha.org/news/blog/2022-07-22-digging-reasons-puerto-ricos-successful-covid-19-response

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The Recovery of Community Health Centers in Puerto Rico …

(9 days ago) WEBIn September 2017, hurricanes Maria and Irma struck Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), causing immediate widespread destruction and precipitating lingering …

https://geigergibson.publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs4421/files/2022-01/Issue-Brief-The-Recovery-of-Community-Health-Centers-in-Puerto-Rico-and-the-US-Virgin-Islands-One-Year-after-Hurricanes-Maria-and-Irma.pdf

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Health and Social Services in Puerto Rico Before and After …

(4 days ago) WEBIn September 2017, Puerto Rico was struck by two major hurricanes—Irma and Maria—that intensified existing challenges in Puerto Rico's health and social services …

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2603.html

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8 Questions & Answers about Puerto Rico KFF

(5 days ago) WEBFigure 5: Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population in Puerto Rico and the 50 States and D.C., 2014. Owing in part to high unemployment and poverty …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/fact-sheet/8-questions-and-answers-about-puerto-rico/

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Taking Care of the Puerto Rican Patient: Historical Perspectives

(3 days ago) WEBThe long-term goal is that implementing workshops like this one will improve the care provided to Puerto Rican patients. It addresses specific knowledge related to …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7549386/

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