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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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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 …

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

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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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The Unnatural Disaster Threatening Puerto Rico's Children

(Just Now) WebPuerto Rico’s healthcare system remains notably more threadbare And though he acknowledged that the pediatrician shortage is “a particular problem we have …

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/puerto-rico-healthcare-crisis/

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Inside Puerto Rico’s Crumbling Healthcare System - PBS

(Just Now) WebCHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, INTERNATIONAL HOST: And now, to a growing problem in America’s backyard. Puerto Rico is in the midst of a health care crisis after …

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

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

(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. Dialysis patient Radames

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

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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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Inside Puerto Rico’s Crumbling Healthcare System - PBS

(1 days ago) WebPuerto Rico is in the midst of a healthcare crisis after a series of natural disasters hit its rapidly aging population. The Washington Post's Arelis Hernández writes …

https://www.pbs.org/video/inside-puerto-ricos-crumbling-healthcare-system-kmr7id/

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The impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s health system: …

(6 days ago) WebAfter its landfall in Puerto Rico in 2017, Hurricane Maria caused the longest blackout in United States history, producing cascading effects on a health care system …

https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-021-00228-w

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Puerto Rico's crumbling health care system contributes to high …

(4 days ago) WebPuerto Rico’s death rate last year surpassed that of any year in the past two decades, including when Hurricane Maria destroyed parts of the island in 2017. …

https://www.wusf.org/2023-12-13/puerto-ricos-crumbling-health-care-system-contributes-to-high-death-rate

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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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A Healthcare System in Crisis: How Public Health Emergencies in …

(5 days ago) WebThis presentation will describe current health policy dilemmas in Puerto Rico and will characterize inequities across the following domains: (1) coverage and …

https://publichealth.nyu.edu/events-news/events/2022/11/02/healthcare-system-crisis-how-public-health-emergencies-puerto-rico

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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 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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More people are dying in Puerto Rico as its health-care system

(2 days ago) WebMore people are dying in Puerto Rico as its health-care system crumbles. Story by Omaya Sosa Pascual, Jeniffer Wiscovitch, Arelis R. Hernández, Andrew Tran, Dylan Moriarty • …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/more-people-are-dying-in-puerto-rico-as-its-health-care-system-crumbles/ar-AA1kEQtR

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The Challenges of Inequitable Care: A Look at Puerto Rico Versus …

(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 …

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

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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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The Puerto Rico Healthcare Crisis Annals of the American …

(7 days ago) WebWithout intervention, it has been estimated that Puerto Rico’s healthcare system will suffer the immediate loss of half a billion dollars, hospitals will lose $150 …

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1513/AnnalsATS.201508-531PS

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The new healthcare crisis: Puerto Rico’s elderly may not be able to

(4 days ago) WebThe crisis in Puerto Rico’s healthcare system has further increase after the disastrous effects of hurricane Maria in 2017, and the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

https://www.theweeklyjournal.com/business/the-new-healthcare-crisis-puerto-rico-s-elderly-may-not-be-able-to-afford-extended/article_88a65b86-ecff-11ec-8aaa-1f551266f099.html

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Disparities in Health Care in Puerto Rico vs the United States

(3 days ago) WebNational data systems behave similarly. Health, United States, a major statistical compilation of the National Center for Health Statistics, includes Washington, DC, in the …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2516763

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Healthcare in Puerto Rico: Challenges and Our Big Opportunity

(7 days ago) WebHospitals in Puerto Rico face long-standing financial challenges driven primarily by the funding inequalities mentioned above. Inflation, which peaked at 9.2% in …

https://v2aconsulting.com/healthcare-in-puerto-rico-challenges-and-our-big-opportunity/

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Puerto Rico's Exodus of Doctors Adds Health Care Strain to Dire

(1 days ago) WebIn the eight years between 2005 and 2013, 1,200 physicians and surgeons left Puerto Rico to live on the U.S. mainland, according to the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-s-exodus-doctors-adds-health-care-strain-dire-n783776

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Taking Care of the Puerto Rican Patient: Historical Perspectives

(3 days ago) WebIntroduction. Hispanics are the largest minority group in the US making up 18% of the population with an estimated rise to 23% by 2035. 1,2 With this projected …

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

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A Puerto Rico Community Pushes for Rooftop Solar as Fossil-Fuel …

(Just Now) WebAfter a 2022 visit to Salinas and Guayama, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced a plan to spend $100,000 to improve …

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10052024/puerto-rico-rooftop-solar/

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National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) HIV Data CDC

(4 days ago) WebThe National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) is the primary source of HIV data for monitoring cases of HIV infection in the United States and 6 U.S. territories and …

https://www.cdc.gov/hiv-data/nhss/index.html

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