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12-State Chain Merges Hospice Operations In Conn
Published on Fri Nov 22, 2013
Affiliated companies SolAmor Hospice and Life Choice Hospice have merged their Conn-ecticut operations and are now providing care under the name Life Choice Hospice of Connecticut, reports the Hartford Courant newspaper.
Life Choice Hospice provides end-of-life services to more than 1,900 patients each day in 12 states, it says.
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