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1. The ASCOT toolkit has been developed by the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent with funding from HM Government and is the sole property of the University of Kent.
2. Those who wish to use the ASCOT toolkit for commercial purposes should contact the ASCOT team (ascot@kent.ac.uk), who will put them in touch with Kent Innovation and Enterprise
3. Non-commercial users of ASCOT must help the ASCOT team track the use of ASCOT by:
a. Informing the ASCOT team of their use of ASCOT
b. Seeking permission before altering or modifying any of the ASCOT tools
4. All users of ASCOT should acknowledge the authors of toolkit. This can be done by referencing this document:
Netten A, Burge P, Malley J, Potoglou D, Towers A, Brazier J, Flynn T, Forder J, Wall B (2012) Outcomes of Social Care for Adults: Developing a Preference-Weighted Measure, Health Technology Assessment, 16, 16, 1-165 http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/hta16160
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