a Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester , Massachusetts , USA.
Med Anthropol. 2019 Apr;38(3):210-223. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2018.1506451. Epub 2018 Sep 24.
Puerto Rico's politically liminal status as a US territory has dire consequences for Puerto Rico's economy: the island does not receive the same funding as states for health insurance. In addition, Puerto Rico's unraveling health care system, coupled with the island's high poverty rate and the medical brain drain, interact. I weave my research on depression into this article as an example of the ways in which political and economic factors aggravate disease.
该岛没有像各州那样获得医疗保险的资金。此外,波多黎各正在解体的医疗保健系统,加上该岛的高贫困率和医疗人才外流,相互作用。我将我对抑郁症的研究纳入本文,以此为例说明政治和经济因素如何加剧疾病。