SIC 8082 Home Health Care Services
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SIC 8082 Home Health Care Services
SIC 8082
This industry consists of establishments primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing or medical care in the home under the supervision of a physician. It includes home health care services and visiting nurse associations that provide care to recovering, disabled, and chronically or terminally ill people.NAICS CODE(S)621610Home Health Care ServicesINDUSTRY SNAPSHOTHome health care services provide a wide array of short-term and ongoing services. Ongoing treatments include respiratory therapy programs, which provide complete air support for patients suffering from many respiratory ailments such as asthma, bronchitis, and cystic fibrosis. Other homecare services include delivery of nutrients intravenously or through feeding tubes, the intravenous infusion of antibiotics to treat infectious diseases, and infusion therapies for patients with fully or partially dysfunctional digestive tracts. Home health care services also provide short-term therapy and home care for post-operative and recovering patients, and for hospice patients.In the mid-2000s the Natio...See the full content of this document
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