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Hurricanes and healthcare: a case report on the influences of Hurricane Maria and managed Medicare in treating a Puerto Rican resident

BACKGROUND: While Medicare is a federal health insurance program, managed Medicare limits access to healthcare services to networks within states or territories. However, if a natural disaster requires evacuation, displaced patients are at risk of losing coverage for their benefits. Previous literat...

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Autores principales: Mellgard, George, Abramson, David, Okamura, Charles, Weerahandi, Himali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6842155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4630-z