Developmental Disabilities Service in California
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Deinstitutionalization in California: Mortality of Persons with Developmental Disabilities after Transfer into Community Care, 1997-1999
More than 2,000 persons with developmental disability transferred from California institutions into community care during 1993 to early 1996. Using data on 1,878 children and adults moved between April 1, 1993 and March 5, 1996, Strauss, Shavelle, Baumeister and Anderson (1998) found a corresponding increase in mortality rates by comparison with those who stayed behind. Shavelle and Strauss (19...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0140-0789,2514-9954
DOI: 10.1192/s014007890002397x