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News|Slideshows|December 16, 2024
Health care predictions for 2025 – a slideshow
Author(s)Richard Payerchin
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AANP offers five critical health care trends for next year.
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What lies forward on the road ahead in 2025?
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This list comes from AANP, with data from its State of Primary Care in America national survey and other resources including Health Affairs and the National Institute on Drugs and Addiction’s 2024 fact sheet.
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