Community Support Services for People with Dementia: The Relative Costs and Benefi ts of Specialist and Generic Domiciliary Care Services
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The University of Kent at Canterbury PSSRU Cornwallis Building, University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF Tel: 01227 823963 Fax: 01227 827038 Email: [email protected] Site Director: Professor Ann Netten The London School of Economics PSSRU London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2 2AE Tel: 020 7955 6238 Fax: 020 7955 6131 Email: [email protected] Site Director: Professor Martin Knapp The University of Manchester PSSRU Dover Street Building The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL Tel: 0161 275 5250 Fax: 0161 275 5790 Email: [email protected] Site Director: Professor David Challis continued/... BACKGROUND
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