ArticlePuerto Rico health sciences journal2026
The Current State of Home Health Care in Puerto Rico.
Article in Puerto Rico health sciences journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Abstract
objectiveAssess home health care (HHC) agency coverage in Puerto Rico (PR), a U.S. territory, and compare PR agencies with those in the U.S. (excluding PR) and in a subset of counties outside of PR with high Puerto Rican populations (CHPRPs).
methodsPR HHC coverage was mapped using data from 2020 U.S. Census ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) and publicly available Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) files. Descriptive statistics on HHC agencies, patients and Medicare beneficiaries were calculated from publicly available CMS data. Pearson's χ2, Fisher's exact, or t tests were used to compare PR agencies with U.S. (excluding PR) and CHPRP agencies.
resultsNearly all PR ZCTAs were served by ≥7 HHC agencies. Compared with U.S. and CHPRP agencies, those in PR have higher nonprofit ownership, higher Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment, and better fall prevention and quality of patient care, but lower performance in timely HHC initiation, patient influenza vaccination, and patient experience.
conclusionPR HHC agencies excel in patient improvement metrics, with opportunities to strengthen patient experience and preventive care. Future research should examine factors underlying observed differences, and MA enrollee access to and use of HHC.
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