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With the GOP targeting both the ACA and Medicaid, operators of community health centers fret over their funding.
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Servicios de Salud Comunitaria/economía , Disentimientos y Disputas/legislación & jurisprudencia , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislación & jurisprudencia , Cobertura del Seguro/legislación & jurisprudencia , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Physicians and scientists say Trump's travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority countries could undermine the flow of immigrants the U.S. relies on to fill vital positions and maintain its edge in biomedical innovation.
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Emigración e Inmigración , Médicos Graduados Extranjeros , Fuerza Laboral en Salud , Política , Emigrantes e Inmigrantes , Humanos , Islamismo , Sistemas Microelectromecánicos , Viaje , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
Rolling back the ACA's coverage expansions and essential benefits could undermine the mental health protections established in other legislation that won bipartisan support.
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Disentimientos y Disputas/legislación & jurisprudencia , Cobertura del Seguro , Servicios de Salud Mental , Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act/legislación & jurisprudencia , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
The debate over a national prescription-drug-monitoring database has gone on so long that the concept may no longer be viable.
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Analgésicos Opioides/administración & dosificación , Bases de Datos Factuales , Monitoreo de Drogas , MissouriRESUMEN
.A shortage of mental and behavioral health specialists is forcing healthcare systems to look for alternatives such as offering those services within primary-care practices.
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Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud , Servicios de Salud Mental/provisión & distribución , Atención Primaria de Salud , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
As the opioid epidemic spreads into the nation's middle-class suburbs, community hospitals are responding by dedicating beds for detoxification and working with local rehab programs.
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Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/epidemiología , Trastornos Relacionados con Opioides/mortalidad , Población Suburbana , Hospitalización , Estados Unidos/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Extreme weather events coupled with milder winters as global temperatures rise have created environments that are breeding ground for diseases, including mosquito-borne infections.
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Presupuestos/legislación & jurisprudencia , Brotes de Enfermedades/prevención & control , Infección por el Virus Zika/prevención & control , Virus Zika , Cambio Climático , Control de Costos , Salud Pública , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
More than a quarter of adults in the U.S. experience some type of behavioral health disorder in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.