Slicing Up the pie: Allocation of central government funding of care of older people

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 529-553

  Darton, Robin ^a   Forder, Julien ^a   Netten, Ann ^a   Bebbington, Andrew ^a   Holder, Jacquetta ^a   Towers, Ann Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local government finance; Older people; Relative Needs Formulae; Social care

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; FINANCE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SPENDING; SOCIAL POLICY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956630785     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2010.00728.x     Document Type: Article

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