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The Capital Costs of Alternative Residential Facilities for Mentally Handicapped People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David Felce
David Felce*
Affiliation:
Health Care Evaluation Research Team, Dawn House, Sleepers Hill, Winchester, Hants SO22 4NG
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Summary

This paper examines the capital costs and accommodation provided in three different types of residential facility for mentally handicapped people—a large campus hospital, a small campus hospital and a network of individually-sited hospital units. The findings do not indicate any economy arising from increased size, or from centralization of facilities on a single site. These findings, together with the other research cited, have implications for the design of future residential services.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 139 , Issue 3 , September 1981 , pp. 230 - 237
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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