… to the health system became “unmanageable” in Puerto Rico … a strong role for government
in the provision of health services. … that make up the health system in Puerto Rico. Chapter 1 …

… synthesis of anthropology and political economy. This is an outstanding medical ethnography,
… outcomes produced by routine practices of a health insurance company in Puerto Rico. …

… which politics and health insurance intersect in Puerto Rico. In … Additionally, the privatization
of public hospitals in the late … care, crippled medical residency programs in Puerto Rico and …

… privatized or government-based health care … Puerto Rican health care system. After examining
the rationing policies and legal transplants applied to the Puerto Rican healthcare system, …

… framework to interpret ethnographic and qualitative findings … argue that conceptualizing
health system bureaucracy in PR … and privatization, and a mass exodus of health care personnel …

… Ethnographic observations in health care facilities and semi-structured qualitative … ’s
economy has languished following the elimination of US-based tax protections, the privatization of …

… ), Puerto Rico’s privatized health insurance plan which … to the healthcare crisis due to the
policy’s inability to reduce … of ethnographic data that I collected in San Juan, Puerto Rico …

… of Puerto Rico’s municipalities.However, throughout the 1970s, the privatization of healthcare
services in … , and interpersonal violence stemming from unmanaged mental health issues.…

… , Puerto Rico participates in the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs, both of which were
substantially privatized … for private health services instead or forego treatment altogether. In …

… This is an ethnography of market based health care in Puerto Rico. This object is diffuse and
… This chapter explores the changing healthcare system in Puerto Rico from the US invasion …