The impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s health system: post-disaster perceptions and experiences of health care providers and administrators

The impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico’s health system: post-disaster perceptions and experiences of health care providers and administrators

Abstract Background After 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 that had already been weakened by decades of public sector austerity and neoliberal health reforms. This article ad...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sheilla L. Rodríguez-Madera, Nelson Varas-Díaz, Mark Padilla, Kevin Grove, Kariela Rivera-Bustelo, Jeffrey Ramos, Violeta Contreras-Ramirez, Sergio Rivera-Rodríguez, Ricardo Vargas-Molina, Jose Santini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Global Health Research and Policy
Subjects:
Health care system
Post-disaster
Health care providers
Resilience
Puerto Rico
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00228-w

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00228-w

Similar Items