Community care for long-stay psychiatric patients: Need- Or policy-driven?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 502-507

  Garrod, Neil ^a   Vick, Sandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community care; Cost effectiveness; Cost of care; Long stay psychiatric patients; Policy choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033268597     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1999.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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