Puerto Rico Healthcare Workforce Study

Commissioned by the Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico

Executive Summary

The Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico (the “Oversight Board” or “FOMB”) in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Department of Health (“DOH”) and the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority (“AAFAF,” for its Spanish Acronym) engaged FTI Consulting to conduct a healthcare workforce study. This study was commissioned with the recognition that addressing Puerto Rico’s healthcare workforce challenges is critical to improving the health and quality of life of Puerto Rico’s residents as well as driving economic growth. FTI Consulting partnered with IMPACTIVO to conduct this study.

The study was designed to:

Quantify and forecast healthcare workforce demand and supply, and in the process identify the most significant projected imbalances between workforce demand and supply,
Ascertain the drivers of the workforce demand-supply imbalance, and
Through research and analysis supported by extensive stakeholder engagement, formulate and prioritize recommendations for resolving demand-supply imbalances.

The results of this study were expected to inform the FOMB on the best strategies for addressing the most acute healthcare workforce shortages in Puerto Rico.

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