Medical access in Barranquitas
Barranquitas has 6 verified specialists in the federal registry for 28,983 residents: 2.1 per 10,000. The island median is 4.9.
🧠 Barranquitas is one of the municipalities without a single psychiatrist. It is not an isolated case: there are 36 across the island. The full map →
🏛️ The federal government already recognized the shortage here
Barranquitas has an active federal provider-shortage designation (HPSA): salud_mental (score 20/25). That is not our opinion: it is HRSA, the federal health agency. What that means and the money it brings →
What Barranquitas HAS
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What is MISSING (and where the nearest one is)
Of the most sought-after specialists, these have no verified practice in Barranquitas:
- ✗🧠 Psychiatrist: none verified here; the Centro region has 7 →
- ✗❤️ Cardiologist: none verified here; the Centro region has 3 →
- ✗🧒 Pediatrician: none verified here; the Centro region has 2 →
- ✗🤰 OB-GYN: none verified here; the Centro region has 1 →
- ✗👵 Geriatrician: none verified here; none in the Centro region either: the largest group is in the metro area (73) →
- ✗🫁 Pulmonologist (Lungs): none verified here; none in the Centro region either: the largest group is in the metro area (84) →
- ✗🩺 Endocrinologist (Diabetes): none verified here; the Centro region has 1 →
- ✗🎗️ Oncologist / Hematologist: none verified here; the Centro region has 1 →
- ✗🧠 Neurologist: none verified here; the Centro region has 1 →
- ✗🩺 Gastroenterologist: none verified here; the Centro region has 3 →
A specialist missing from town is not always a crisis: what matters is how far the nearest one is and whether the appointment comes in time. That is why each gap shows where they DO exist.
📋 Citable facts about Barranquitas
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Barranquitas has 6 verified medical specialists for 28,983 residents: 2.1 per 10,000. Rank 15 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities (median: 4.9).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/barranquitas
Barranquitas has not a single verified psychiatrist. It is one of 36 Puerto Rico municipalities with none.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/barranquitas
Barranquitas has no verified practice of: Psychiatrist, Cardiologist, Pediatrician, OB-GYN, Geriatrician, Pulmonologist (Lungs), Endocrinologist (Diabetes), Oncologist / Hematologist, Neurologist, Gastroenterologist.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/barranquitas
Barranquitas has an active federal shortage designation (HPSA) for salud_mental (score 20/25), per HRSA.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/barranquitas
🔔 I will let you know when a new one arrives in Barranquitas
When a new specialist shows up verified in the federal registry for this town, I will email you. That is it. No spam, no marketing list.
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