The job losses in hospitals and nursing care facilities (-5,900) offset the major job gains made by ambulatory care settings, which added 21,300 jobs last month.
The healthcare industry has a whole added 7,000 jobs in July.
These numbers represent a major slowdown from earlier in 2014, as healthcare had added an average of 18,000 jobs each month through June.
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