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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


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2.1      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 9, 1996, as amended
         on July 18, 1996, among Star Multi Care Services, Inc., a New York
         corporation, AHI Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, and AMSERV
         HEALTHCARE INC., a Delaware corporation (incorporated by reference to
         Appendix A to Definitive Proxy Materials on Schedule 14A filed by
         AMSERV on July 23, 1996).


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