Medical access in Florida
Florida has 0 verified specialists in the federal registry for 11,668 residents: 0.0 per 10,000. The island median is 4.9.
🧠 Florida 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
Florida has 3 active federal provider-shortage designations (HPSA): salud_mental (score 21/25) · salud_mental (score 20/25) · primaria (score 17/25). That is not our opinion: it is HRSA, the federal health agency. What that means and the money it brings →
Florida has no verified specialists
None of the registry's 32 specialist types has a verified practice here. It is not that people do not get sick: it is that they have to travel. Below is where to.
What is MISSING (and where the nearest one is)
Of the most sought-after specialists, these have no verified practice in Florida:
- ✗🧠 Psychiatrist: none verified here; the Norte region has 20 →
- ✗❤️ Cardiologist: none verified here; the Norte region has 30 →
- ✗🧒 Pediatrician: none verified here; the Norte region has 4 →
- ✗🤰 OB-GYN: none verified here; the Norte region has 10 →
- ✗👵 Geriatrician: none verified here; the Norte region has 5 →
- ✗🫁 Pulmonologist (Lungs): none verified here; the Norte region has 8 →
- ✗🩺 Endocrinologist (Diabetes): none verified here; the Norte region has 11 →
- ✗🎗️ Oncologist / Hematologist: none verified here; the Norte region has 7 →
- ✗🧠 Neurologist: none verified here; the Norte region has 6 →
- ✗🩺 Gastroenterologist: none verified here; the Norte region has 23 →
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 Florida
For press, mayors, school papers, or Facebook arguments: copy the fact with the source attached.
Florida has 0 verified medical specialists for 11,668 residents: 0.0 per 10,000. Rank 2 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities (median: 4.9).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/florida
Florida has not a single verified psychiatrist. It is one of 36 Puerto Rico municipalities with none.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/florida
Florida 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/florida
Florida has an active federal shortage designation (HPSA) for salud_mental (score 21/25) and salud_mental (score 20/25) and primaria (score 17/25), per HRSA.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/florida
🔔 I will let you know when a new one arrives in Florida
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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