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agency
(aŽjen-se)
an organization that performs actions for other people, particularly of a service nature.
home health agency
a public or private organization that is primarily engaged in providing skilled or paraprofessional home health care to individuals in nonhospital settings, such as private homes, boarding homes, hospices, shelters, and so on. Its work must
be supervised by professional personnel such as physicians and registered nurses.

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