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A look at the current challenges our community is facing with regards to healthcare stability. Put together by the Platte Valley Healthcare Sustainability P...
Assuring that state-purchased health care meets acceptable standards of care; 2. Ensuring that citizens of Oklahoma who rely on state-purchased health care are served in a progressive and positive ...
Officials with Valley Health Care Services spoke with 12 News to hear about what new patients should expect when they first seek out treatment.
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For the 2023-2028 plan there are six priorities for health improvement which reflect the importance of healthy living as a necessary condition to achieving and maintaining a state of wellness. The six priorities include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, social drivers of health, mental health, obesity and substance use.
Aug 7, 2023 · In 2020, Oklahoma had the 44th-highest based on life expectancy. A newborn in Oklahoma was expected to live 74.1 years. Life expectancy in Oklahoma is 2.9 years lower than life expectancy in the US overall. Life expectancy is a projection estimating the average age of death for people born today.
Jul 2, 2021 · OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A voter-approved expansion of Medicaid took effect Thursday in Oklahoma after a decade of Republican resistance in a state that has become emblematic of the political struggle to extend the federal health insurance program in conservative strongholds. Oklahoma moved ahead with its expansion at a time when Democrats in ...
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Nov 23, 2021 · Oklahoman. 0:00. 1:27. A new report found significant racial and ethnic health inequities in Oklahoma, a state that already ranks low in overall health access and outcomes. Black people in Oklahoma had the worst overall health rankings — a combined figure encompassing health outcomes, health care access and health care quality — than any ...