Deinstitutionalisation and community living – outcomes and costs: report of a European Study

Mansell J, Knapp M, Beadle-Brown J and Beecham, J

This project aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. It is the largest study of its kind. This project was funded in order to identify as a priority the practical considerations of how to support states making the transition to community-based services, including managing the costs of doing so. 

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