Editing Miller County, Arkansas (section)

===Public health===
[[File:Texarkana April 2016 068 (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences regional center).jpg|right|thumb|UAMS Southwest in Texarkana]]
Miller County's above-average poverty rate indicates a high [[Medicaid]] eligibility rate. As of 2012, 32.4% of Miller County was eligible for Medicaid, with 61.7% of children under 19 eligible for [[ARKids First]], a program by the [[Arkansas Department of Human Services]] that combines children's Medicaid (ARKids A) and other programs for families with higher incomes (ARKids B).<ref>{{harvp|"Profile"|2015|p= 55}}.</ref> The county's population is significantly above healthy weight, with 54.0% of adults and 38.0% of children/adolescents ranking as overweight or obese, compared to the state averages of 67.1% and 39.3%, respectively. These rates are significantly above national averages of 62.9% and 30.3%, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |title= Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity: Data, Trends and Maps |publisher= Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |url= https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/data-trends-maps/index.html |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

The [[Christus St. Michael Health System]] and [[Wadley Regional Medical Center]] in Texarkana are [[community hospital]]s offering acute inpatient care, [[emergency care]], surgery, rehabilitation, therapy, and [[senior care]] services. The facilities are both rated [[Level 3 Trauma Center]]s by the [[Arkansas Department of Health]]. The [[University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences]] (UAMS) offers a family medicine residency program at the UAMS Southwest Area Health Education Center in Texarkana. [[CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs]] in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas|Hot Springs]] is a [[Tertiary referral hospital|referral hospital]] in the region, focusing on neurosurgery, cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, and orthopaedics.<ref>{{cite web |title= Trauma System Hospitals by Region |year= 2017 |url= http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Trauma_System_Hospitals_by_Region.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228112210/http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/pdf/Trauma_System_Hospitals_by_Region.pdf |archive-date=December 28, 2017 |url-status=live |publisher= Arkansas Department of Health |access-date= December 27, 2017 }}</ref>

The nearest [[Level 1 Trauma Center]] is [[LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport|University Health]] in Shreveport.