The Recovery of Community Health Centers in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands One Year after Hurricanes Maria and Irma

Issue Brief
  1. Sharac, J. & Rosenbaum, S. (2018). The state of recovery: an update on community health centers in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Geiger Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, George Washington University. Policy Research Brief No. 52. https://www.rchnfoundation.org/?p=6694

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  2. Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2018). 2017 Health Center Data: Puerto Rico Data. Health Resources and Services Administration. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/uds/datacenter.aspx?q=tall&year=2017&state=PR

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  3. Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2018). 2017 Puerto Rico Health Center Data: Community Health Foundation of Puerto Rico Inc. Health Resources and Services Administration. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/uds/lookalikes.aspx?q=&bid=02E01268&state=PR&year=2017 Look-alike health centers must abide by health center program requirements but do not receive Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) health center program funding.

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  4. Bureau of Primary Health Care. (2018). 2017 Health Center Data: Virgin Islands Data. Health Resources and Services Administration. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/uds/datacenter.aspx?q=tall&year=2017&state=VI

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  6. HHS.gov. (September 6, 2018). HHS awards nearly $60 million to support community health centers impacted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2018/09/06/hhs-awards-60-million-support-community-health-centers-impacted-by-hurricanes.html

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  7. HRSA. (2018). FY 2018 Capital Assistance for Hurricane Response and Recovery Efforts (CARE) awards - Virgin Islands. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/care/fy2018awards/vi.html

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  8. HRSA. (2018). FY 2018 Capital Assistance for Hurricane Response and Recovery Efforts (CARE) awards - Puerto Rico. https://bphc.hrsa.gov/programopportunities/fundingopportunities/care/fy2018awards/pr.html

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  9. The George Washington University in Collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Public Health (2018). Ascertainment of the estimated excess mortality from Hurricane María in Puerto Rico. https://publichealth.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/projects/PRstudy/Acertainment%20of%20the%20Estimated%20Excess
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  10. Hall, C., Rudowitz, R., Artiga, S., and Lyons, B. (2018) One Year after the Storms: Recovery and Health Care in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Kaiser Family Foundation.

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