Kenneth Mullen
Ashgate
Hardback
208
1993
This book outlines the first comprehensive economic analysis of a community care project for people with a mental handicap. It compares quality of life for residents in a hospital with those in the community using various criteria. The book provides comprehensive analysis of comparative resource use in the two environments and analyses the process of deinstitutionalization. It also provides a range of policy implications for the nature and direction of community care.