Cervical Cancer Screening Among Medicaid Patients During Natural Disasters and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Puerto Rico, 2016 to 2020
Ana P. Ortíz, Axel Gierbolini-Bermúdez, Jeslie M. Ramos‐Cartagena, Vivian Colón‐López, Kalyani Sonawane, Ashish A. Deshmukh, Karen J. Ortiz‐Ortiz
Abstract
This cohort study examines rates of cervical cancer screening in Puerto Rico among women with Medicaid health coverage following the 2017 hurricanes, earthquakes in late 2019-2020, and the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.
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Cervical cancerMedicaidCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicMedicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakDemographySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Natural disasterCancerCohortCohort studyEnvironmental healthGeographyVirologyHealth carePolitical scienceDiseaseInternal medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)SociologyMeteorologyLawCervical Cancer and HPV ResearchCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsViral Infections and Outbreaks Research