Health Care

Home Care Agencies

Public or private organizations that provide, either directly or through arrangements with other organizations, home health services in the patient's home. (Hospital Administration Terminology, 2d ed)

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Public or private organizations that provide, either directly or through arrangements with other organizations, home health services in the patient's home. (Hospital Administration Terminology, 2d ed)

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Synonyms

10 entry terms
  • Agencies, Home Care
  • Agency, Home Care
  • Care Agencies, Home
  • Care Agency, Home
  • Home Care Agency
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Home Health Care Agencies
  • Agencies, Home Health
  • Agency, Home Health
  • Home Health Agency

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

public or private agencies; coord IM with specific home care (IM)

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History Note

95; HOME HEALTH AGENCIES was see HOME CARE SERVICES 1978-94

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Previous Indexing

  • Home Care Services (1978-1994)

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NLM Classification

WY 115

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Home Care Agencies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018574. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018574
  2. Home Care Agencies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70436310