Adelina Comas-Herrera

Assistant Professorial Research Fellow

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Research Interests

Adelina Comas-Herrera is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the London School of Economics. She is the academic project manager of the “Modelling Dementia” (MODEM) research project which aims to estimate the impact, in terms of costs and quality of life, of making interventions that are known to work for people with dementia and their carers more widely available by 2040. She has previously worked on making projections of future long-term care expenditure for the UK and other countries, and also on evaluating the potential role of private insurance and private/public partnerships in long-term care financing.

Adelina's Google Scholar profile can be accessed here

Adelina Comas-Herrera's Publications

Journal Articles

Journal Article

Technology-based tools and services for people with dementia and carers: Mapping technology onto the dementia care pathway (2017)

Lorenz K, Freddolino P, Comas-Herrera A, Knapp M, Damant J

Dementia

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Journal Article

MODEM: A comprehensive approach to modelling outcome and costs impacts of interventions for dementia. Protocol paper (2017)

Comas-Herrera A, Knapp M, Wittenberg R, Banerjee S, Bowling A, Grundy E, Jagger C, Farina N, Lombard D, Lorenz K, McDaid D

BMC Health Services Research 17, 17:25

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Journal Article

Dependencia: financiacion public-privada y sostenibilidad. Actas de la dependencia (2013)

Comas-Herrera A

Actas de la dependencia 9, 1-21

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Journal Article

Supported employment: cost-effectiveness across six European sites (2013)

Knapp M, Patel A, Curran C, Latimer E, Catty J, Becker T, Drake R, Fioritti A, Kilian R, Lauber C, Rössler W, Tomov T, van Busschback, Comas Herrera A, White S, Wiersma D, Burns T

World Psychiatry 12, 1, 60-68

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Journal Article

The role of care home fees in the public costs and distributional effects of potential reforms to care home funding for older people in England (2013)

Hancock R, Malley J, Wittenberg R, Morciano M, Pickard L, King D, Comas-Herrera A

Health, Economics, Policy and Law 8, 1, 47-73

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Journal Article

Mapping the future of family care: receipt of informal care by older people with disabilities in England to 2032 (2012)

Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas Herrera A, King D, Malley J

Social Policy and Society 11, 4, 533-545

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Journal Article

The Effect of Lengthening Life Expectancy on Future Pension and Long-Term Care Expenditure in England, 2007 to 2032 (2011)

Malley J, Hancock R, Adams J, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Curry C, King D, James S, Morciano M, Pickard L

Health Statistics Quarterly 52, 33-61

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Journal Article

Disability, dementia and the future costs of long-term care (2011)

Comas-Herrera A, Malley J, Wittenberg R, Hu B, Jagger C

Eurohealth 17, 2,3, 10-12

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Journal Article

Future costs of dementia-related long-term care: exploring future scenarios (2011)

Comas-Herrera A, Northey S, Wittenberg R, Knapp M, Bhattacharyya S, Burns A

International Psychogeriatrics 23, 1, 20-30

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Journal Article

The long road to universalism?: recent developments in the financing of long-term care in England (2010)

Comas Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

Social Policy and Administration 44, 4, 375-391

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Journal Article

Demographic change and its implications for health, family support, need for care and pensions: results from the modelling ageing populations to 2030 (MAP2030) study (2010)

Jagger C, Murphy M, Comas Herrera A, Grundy E, Hancock R, Pickard L

The Gerontologist 50, S1, 303

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Journal Article

Projecting long-term care expenditure in four European Union member states: the influence of demographic scenarios (2008)

Costa Font J, Wittenberg R, Paxtot C, Comas Herrera A, Gori C, di Maio A, Pickard L, Pozzi A, Rothgang H

Social Indicators Research 86, 2, 303-321

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Journal Article

Winners and losers: Assessing the distributional effects of long-term care funding regimes (2007)

Hancock R, Juarez-Garcia A, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Wittenberg R

Social Policy and Society 6, 3, 379-395

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Journal Article

Modelling an entitlement to long-term care services for older people in Europe: projections for long-term care expenditure to 2050 (2007)

Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Costa-Font J, Gori C, di Maio A, Patxot C, Pozzi A, Rothgang H, Wittenberg R

Journal of European Social Policy 17, 1, 33-48

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Journal Article

Care by spouses, care by children: Projections of informal care for older people in England to 2031 (2007)

Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J

Social Policy and Society 6, 3, 353-366

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Journal Article

Cognitive impairment in older people: future demand for long-term care services and the associated costs (2007)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Knapp M, MRC-CFAS

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 22, 10, 1037-1045

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Journal Article

Projections of future expenditure on long-term care for older people in England (2006)

Wittenberg R, Malley J, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, King D

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics S8, 49-53

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Journal Article

Future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom (2006)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Costa-Font J, Gori C, di Maio A, Patxot C, Pickard L, Pozzi A, Rothgang H

Ageing and Society 6, 2, 285-302

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Journal Article

Intellectual disability, challenging behaviour and cost in care accommodation: what are the links? (2005)

Knapp M, Comas-Herrera A, Astin J, Beecham J, Pendaries C

Health and Social Care in the Community 13, 4, 297-306

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Journal Article

Future demand for long-term care in the UK. A summary of projections of long-term care finance for older people to 2051 (2004)

Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, Hancock R

Newsletter of the Geneva Association of Insurance Economics 11, 2-4

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Journal Article

Who will pay for long-term care in the UK? Projections linking macro- and micro-simulation models (2003)

Hancock R, Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

Fiscal Studies 24, 4, 387-426

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Journal Article

Residential care for mentally ill people in Andalusia and London - a comparison of care environments, users' attitudes and cost of care (2002)

Rickard C, Trieman N, Torres Gonzales F, Laviana M, Maestro J, Moreno-Kustner B, Comas-Herrera A, Emmett C

Journal of Mental Health 11, 3, 327-337

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Journal Article

Benefit groups and resource groups for adults with intellectual disabilities in residential accommodation (2001)

Comas-Herrera A, Knapp M, Beecham J, Pendaries C, Carthew R

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 14, 2, 120-140

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Journal Article

Demand for long-term care for older people in England to 2031 (2001)

Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Davies B, Darton R

Health Statistics Quarterly , 12, 5-17

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Journal Article

Relying on informal care in the new century? Informal care for elderly people in England to 2031 (2000)

Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Davies B, Darton R

Ageing and Society 20, 6, 745-772

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Books

Book

Demand for Long-Term Care: Projections of Long-Term Care Finance for Elderly People (1998)

Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Davies B, Darton R

Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent at Canterbury, London School of Economics and University of Manchester

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Book Sections

Book Section

Opportunities for Private Long-Term Care Insurance in England: What Can We Learn From Other Countries? (2012)

Comas-Herrera A, Butterfield R, Wittenberg R, Wiener J

Elgar Edwards

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Book Section

Barriers and Opportunities for Private Long-Term Care Insurance in England: What Can We Learn From Other Countries? (2012)

Comas-Herrera A, Butterfield R, Fernández J-L, Wittenberg R, Wiener J

Elgar Edward

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Book Section

From commission to commission: financing long-term care in England (2011)

Comas Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

Palgarve Macmillan

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Book Section

PSSRU Long-Term Care Finance Model and CARESIM: two linked UK models of long term care for older people (2007)

Wittenberg R, Hancock R, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Juarez-Garcia A, Darton R

Elsevier Science

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Book Section

Long-term care for older people in the United Kingdom: structure and challenges (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

Ashgate

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Book Section

Demand for long-term care in the UK: Projections of long-term care finance for older people to 2051 (2002)

Wittenberg R, Hancock R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L

Institute for Public Policy Research

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Book Section

The interface between informal and formal care of older people now and over the next 20 years. Paper presented at Health Trends Review. Proceedings of a Conference chaired by Professor Sir Michael Peckham, School of Public Policy, university College London and Dr Melanie Lee, Director of Research and Development, Celltech Group plc, Barbican Centre, London, 18-19 October 2001 (2001)

Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Davies B, Darton R

HM Treasury

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Book Section

Community Care for Frail Older People. Analysis Using the 1998/9 General Household Survey (2001)

Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Davies B, Darton R

University of Stirling

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Book Section

The social care workforce and services (2001)

Comas-Herrera A, Matosevic T, Kendall J

King’s Fund

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Book Section

Financing Long-Term Care for Elderly People (2000)

Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, Darton R, Davies B

School of Health Care

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Book Section

Cross-border philanthropy: United Kingdom (1998)

Kendall J, Comas-Herrera A

Charities Aid Foundation

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Book Section

Is there convergence in the health expenditures of the EU Member States? (1998)

Comas-Herrera A

Ashgate

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Reports

Report

The case for investment in technology to manage the global costs of dementia (2015)

Knapp M, Barlow J, Comas-Herrera A, Damant J, Freddolino P, Hamblin K, Hu B, Lorenz K, Perkins M, Rehill A, Wittenberg R, Woolham J

Policy Innovation Research Unit

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Report

Dementia UK: The Second Edition (2014)

Prince M, Knapp M, Guerchet M, McCrone P, Prina M, Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Adelaja B, Hu B, King D, Rehill A, Salimkumar D

Alzheimer's Society

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Report

Scenarios of dementia care: what are the impacts on cost and quality of life? (2014)

Knapp M, Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Hu B, King D, Rehill A, Adelaja B

Personal Social Services Research Unit

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Report

Long-term care use in Europe: projection model and results for Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Poland (2012)

Geerts J, Willeme P, Comas-Herrera A

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Report

Care for older people: projected expenditure to 2022 on social care and continuing health care for England older population, (2012)

Wittenberg R, Hu B, Comas-Herrera A, Fernández J-L

Nuffield Trust

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Report

Projections of Demand for and Costs of Social Care for Older People in England, 2010 to 2030, under Current and Alternative Funding Systems: Report to the Commission on Funding of Care and Support (2011)

Wittenberg R, Hu B, Hancock R, Morciano M, Comas-Herrera A, Malley J, King D

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Report

Paying for Long-Term Care: Potential Reforms to Funding Long-Term Care, memorandum by the MAP2030 Research Group (SC 55) (2010)

Hancock R, Malley J, King D, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Morciano M

Stationery Office, London

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Report

Care Home Fees and Reform of the Funding System for Long-Term Care (2010)

Hancock R, Morciano M, Malley J, King D, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A

The Stationery Office

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Report

Calibrating disability measures across British national surveys (2009)

Jagger C, Matthews R, King D, Morciano M, Grundy E, Comas-Herrera A, Stuchbury R, Hancock, R

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Report

Future Demand for Social Care, 2005 to 2041: Projections of Demand for Social Care for Older People in England (2008)

Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Malley J, King D, Comas-Herrera A, Darton R

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Report

Future Demand for Social Care, 2005 to 2041: Projections of Demand for Social Care and Disability Benefits for Younger Adults in England (2008)

Wittenberg R, Malley J, Comas-Herrera A, Fernández J-L, King D, Snell T, Pickard L

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Report

Compression or Expansion of Disability? Forecasting Future Disability Levels under Changing Patterns of Diseases, Background Paper to the Wanless Social Care Review (2007)

Jagger C, Matthews R, Spiers N, Brayne C, Comas-Herrera A, Robinson T, Lindesay J, Croft P

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Report

Dementia: international comparisons (2007)

Knapp M, Comas-Herrera A, Somani A, Banerjee S

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Report

Paying for Long-Term Care for Older People in the UK: Modelling the Costs and Distibutional Effects of a Range of Options (2007)

Hancock R, Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Juarez-Garcia A, King D, Malley J

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Report

Paying for long-term care for older people in the UK: modelling the cost and incidence of a range of options, report to the Nuffield Foundation (2006)

Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, King D

Nuffield Foundation

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Report

Projections of demand for long-term care for older people in Wales to 2030, by local authority (2005)

Comas-Herrera A, Casado D, Wittenberg R, King D, Pickard L

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Report

Long-term Care Expenditure for Older People, Projections to 2022 for Great Britain (2005)

Malley J, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, King D

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Report

Funding long-term care for older people. Lessons from other countries (2004)

Glendinning C, Davies B, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A

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Report

Future demand for long-term care in the UK. A summary of projections of long-term care finance for older people to 2051 (2004)

Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, Hancock R

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Report

Projections of demand for long-term care for older people in Wales to 2020 (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

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Report

European Study of Long-Term Care Expenditure: Investigating the sensitivity of projections of future long-term care expenditure in Germany, Spain, Italy and the UK to changes in assumptions about demography, dependency, informal/formal care and unit costs (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Costa-Font J, Gori C, di Maio A, Patxot C, Pickard L, Pozzi A, Rothgang H, Wittenberg R

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Report

Projections of demand for residential care for older people in England to 2020 (2001)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

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Report

Learning disability groups. Development of benefit and resource groups for adults in residential accommodation, Consultation document (2000)

Comas-Herrera A, Knapp M, Beecham J, Pendaries C, Carthew R

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Project Outlines

Project Outline

Cognitive impairment in older people: its implications for future demand for services and costs. Executive Summary (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Knapp M, MRC-CFAS

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Research Summaries

Research Summary

Paying for Long-Term Care for Older People in the UK: Modelling the costs and distributional effects of a range of options. PSSRU Research Summary 40 (2006)

Hancock R, Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Juarez-Garcia A, King D, Malley J

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Research Summary

Thirty-Five Years On: Future Demand for Long-Term Care in England. PSSRU Research Summary 35 (2006)

Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Darton R

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Research Summary

Thirty Years On: Future Demand for Long-Term Care in England (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, Wittenberg R

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DP or working papers

DP or working paper

Projections of demand for social care and disability benefits for younger adults in England: report of research conducted for the Commission on Funding of Care and Support (2011)

Snell T, Wittenberg R, Fernandez J, Malley J, Comas Herrera A, King D

PSSRU Discussion Paper 2880/3, London School of Economics

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DP or working paper

Projections of Demand for Residential Care for Older People in England - Report for BUPA (2010)

King D, Malley J, Wittenberg R, Darton R, Comas-Herrera A

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DP or working paper

Projections of Owner Occupation Rates, House Values, Income and Financial Assets among Older People, UK, 2002-2022 (2006)

Hancock R, Juarez-Garcia A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J

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DP or working paper

Expenditure on Social Care for Older People to 2026: Projected Financial Implications of the Wanless Report (2006)

Malley J, Comas-Herrera A, Hancock R, Juarez-Garcia A, King D, Pickard L

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DP or working paper

Future Demand for Long-term Care, 2002 to 2041: Projections of Demand for Older People in England (2006)

Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, King D, Malley J, Pickard L, Darton R

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Conference presentation outputs

Conference presentation output

Modelling an entitlement to long-term care in Europe: Projections for long-term care expenditure to 2050, Paper presented at 6th ESA Conference, Murcia, Spain (2003)

Pickard L, Comas-Herrera A, Costa-Font J, Gori C, di Maio A, Rothgang H, Wittenberg R

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Conference presentation output

Healthy life expectancy. Trends to 1998 and their implications for long term care costs. Presented at the 13th Meeting of the International Network on Healthy Life Expectancy, Vancouver, June 2001 (2001)

Bebbington A, Comas-Herrera A

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Manuscripts

Manuscript

Projections of demand for long-term care in Norfolk to 2016 (2005)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, King D, Pickard L

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Manuscript

Projections of demand for long-term care in Worcestershire to 2011 (2005)

King D, Wittenberg R, Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L

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Manuscript

Making projections of long-term care: examples and methodological issues. (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L

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Manuscript

Future Demand for Long-Term Care, 2001 to 2031: Projections of Demand for Long-Term Care for Older People in England (2003)

Comas-Herrera A, Pickard L, Wittenberg R, Davies B, Darton R

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Generic publications

Generic

Mental health economics and policy (2002)

Knapp M, Healey A, McDaid D, Comas-Herrera A

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Generic

Cognitive impairment: its implications for future demand for services and costs (2001)

Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L, Knapp M, Davies B, MRC-CFAS

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