The mental health residential care study: The 'hidden costs' of provision

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 162-172

  Chisholm, Daniel ^a   Knapp, Martin ^b   Astin, Jack ^a   Audini, Bernard ^c   Lelliott, Paul ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Psychiatrists' Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Mental health; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031486706     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.1997.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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