The percentage of the Indian Health Service’s roughly 2.8 million patient user population receiving them has declined from 12 percent in 2005 to 2 percent in 2023, the latest year of available data, agency documents show
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The percentage of the Indian Health Service’s roughly 2.8 million patient user population receiving them has declined from 12 percent in 2005 to 2 percent in 2023, the latest year of available data, agency documents show