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===Health=== | ===Health=== | ||
[[File:Old Dr. Pila Hospital in Barrio Primero, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2923).jpg|thumb|200px|Old Hospital Doctor Pila in Barrio Primero, [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] city.]] | [[File:Old Dr. Pila Hospital in Barrio Primero, Ponce, Puerto Rico (IMG 2923).jpg|thumb|200px|Old Hospital Doctor Pila in Barrio Primero, [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] city.]] | ||
In 2017, there were 69 hospitals in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite news |first=Oren |last=Dorell |title=Puerto Rico's health system 'on life support' after blow |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-health-system-life-support-two-weeks-after-hurricane-maria/734130001/ |newspaper= | In 2017, there were 69 hospitals in Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite news |first=Oren |last=Dorell |title=Puerto Rico's health system 'on life support' after blow |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-health-system-life-support-two-weeks-after-hurricane-maria/734130001/ |newspaper=USA Today |location=[[Melbourne, Florida]] |pages=1B, 2B |date=5 October 2017 |access-date=6 October 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814141555/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/05/puerto-rico-health-system-life-support-two-weeks-after-hurricane-maria/734130001/ |archive-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> As of 2021, average life expectancy is approximately 82.1 years according to the CIA World Factbook, an improvement from 78.7 years in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Factbook: Central America: Puerto Rico |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105163943/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/puerto-rico/ |archive-date=5 January 2021 |access-date=28 December 2019 |website=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref> | ||
{{lang|es|Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico}} ([[Puerto Rico Health Reform]]) – locally referred to as {{lang|es|La Reforma}} ('The Reform') – is a government-run program which provides medical and health care services to the indigent and [[impoverished]], by means of contracting private [[health insurance]] companies, rather than employing government-owned hospitals and emergency centers. The Reform is administered by the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration.<ref name="Form_10K">[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171662/000095014406002885/g00487e10vk.htm Triple-S Management Corporation Annual Report (Form 10-K)] for the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2005, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, accessed on 4 November 2006.</ref> | {{lang|es|Reforma de Salud de Puerto Rico}} ([[Puerto Rico Health Reform]]) – locally referred to as {{lang|es|La Reforma}} ('The Reform') – is a government-run program which provides medical and health care services to the indigent and [[impoverished]], by means of contracting private [[health insurance]] companies, rather than employing government-owned hospitals and emergency centers. The Reform is administered by the Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration.<ref name="Form_10K">[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1171662/000095014406002885/g00487e10vk.htm Triple-S Management Corporation Annual Report (Form 10-K)] for the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2005, pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, accessed on 4 November 2006.</ref> | ||