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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-11-01
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Series: | Global Health Research and Policy |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00228-w |
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