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Research Interests
Raphael Wittenberg is a Associate Professorial Research Fellow at PSSRU at LSE and Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation (CHSEO) at the University of Oxford. At PSSRU, he leads a programme of research on financing long-term care, which aims to make projections of demand for long-term care for older people and associated expenditure to 2041. He also leads research on direct payments in residential care and on community care for older people and leads modelling work for the MODEM study on care for people with dementia. At CHSEO, he leads research on trends in emergency hospital admissions of older people and on economic issues in assets based approaches to health. He was for many years a Senior Economist at the Department of Health, where he led a team of DH analysts providing analysis on social services and mental health services.
Raphael Wittenberg's Publications
Journal Articles
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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The cost of diagnosis and early support in patients with cognitive decline (2016)
Pennington M, Gomes M, Chrysanthaki T, Hendriks J, Wittenberg R, Knapp M, Black N, Smith S
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
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Commentary: The impact of Alzheimer's disease in China (2016)
Wittenberg R, Hu B
EBioMedicine 4, 22-23
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Data on Adult Social Care: Scoping Review (2015)
King D, Wittenberg R
British Journal of Social Work
NIHR School for Social Care Research
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The challenge of measuring multi-morbidity and its costs (2015)
Wittenberg R
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 4, 1
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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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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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Methods used to identify and measure resource use in economic evaluations: a systematic review of questionnaires for older people (2012)
Martin A, Jones A, Mugford M, Shemilt I, Hancock R, Wittenberg R
Health Economics 21, 8, 1017-1022
Wiley-Blackwell
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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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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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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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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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Clinical and cost effectiveness of services for early diagnosis and intervention in dementia (2009)
Banerjee S, Wittenberg R
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 24, 7, 748-754
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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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Financing long-term care for older people in England (2007)
Wittenberg R, Malley J
Ageing Horizons 6, 28-32
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Proposals for financing community and long-term care in the UK (1997)
Wittenberg R, Davies B, Pickard L
The Gerontologist 37, 347
Read moreBooks
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 Section
Survey questions on older people's receipt of, and payment for, formal and unpaid care in the community (2015)
Balarajan M, Blake M, Darton R, Gray M, Hancock R, Pickard L, Wittenberg R,
University of Kent
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Social care: need for and receipt of help (2015)
Maplethorpe N, Darton R, Wittenberg R
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Survey questions on older people’s receipt of, and payment for, formal and unpaid care in the community (2015)
Balarajan M, Blake M, Darton R, Gray M, Hancock R, Pickard L, Wittenberg R
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Social care provision (2014)
Rooney K, Darton R, Wittenberg R
Health and Social Care Information Centre
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Social care: need for and receipt of help (2014)
, Darton R, Wittenberg R
Health and Social Care Information Centre
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Social care provision (2014)
Rooney K, Darton R, Wittenberg R
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Social care: need for and receipt of help (2014)
Thompson J, Wittenberg R, Henderson C, Darton R
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Social care: need for and receipt of help (2013)
Thompson J, Wittenberg R, Henderson C, Darton R,
Health and Social Care Information Centre
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Social Care (2012)
Craig R, Darton R, Hancock R, Henderson C, Morciano M, Sadler K, Wittenberg R
Health and Social Care Information Centre
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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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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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From commission to commission: financing long-term care in England (2011)
Comas Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L
Palgarve Macmillan
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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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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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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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Funding long-term care: the public and private options (2002)
Wittenberg R, Sandhu B, Knapp M
Open University Press
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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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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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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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Economics of long-term care finance (1999)
Wittenberg R
The Stationery Office
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Alternative strategies for financing community and long-term care: the British debate (1997)
Wittenberg R, Davies B, Pickard L
World Congress of Gerontology
Read moreReports
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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The hidden cost of dementia in Wales (2015)
Hu B, Wittenberg R, Knapp M
Alzheimer's Society
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Evaluation of Direct Payments in Residential Care Trailblazers - Interim Report (2015)
Ettelt S, Wittenberg R, Williams L, Perkins M, Lombard D, Damant J, Mays N
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Understanding emergency hospital admission of older people (2014)
Wittenberg R, Sharpin L, McCormick B, Hurst J
Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation
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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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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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Adult Social Care: Summary of the Research Plans of the Department of Health Policy Research Units and the Commissioned Research of the NIHR School for Social Care Research (2013)
Wittenberg R, Clark M
Policy Innovation Research Unit
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Projections of demand for residential care for older people in England to 2020 (2001)
Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L
Read moreProject 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 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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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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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 paper
Unmet social care needs in England: a feasibility study for evaluating support models for older people with low and moderate needs (2018)
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Projections of Demand and Expenditure on Adult Social Care 2015 to 2040 (2018)
Wittenberg R, Hu B, Hancock R
Personal Social Services Research Unit
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Projected Demand for Supported Housing in Great Britain 2015 to 2030 (2017)
Wittenberg R, Hu B
Personal Social Services Research Unit
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Unpaid Care in England: Future Patterns and Potential Support Strategies (2016)
Brimblecombe N, Fernandez JL, Knapp M, Rehill A, Wittenberg R
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Projections of Demand for and Costs of Social Care for Older People and Younger Adults in England, 2015 to 2035 (2015)
Wittenberg R, Hu B
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Long-Term Care Funding in England: An Analysis of the Costs and Distributional Effects of Potential Reforms (2013)
Hancock R, Wittenberg R, Hu B, Morciano M, Comas-Herrera A
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2857, London School of Economics
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Implications of setting eligibility criteria for adult social care service in England at moderate needs level (2013)
Fernández J-L, Snell T, Forder J, Wittenberg R
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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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Developing Improved Survey Questions on Older People's Receipt of, and Payment for, Formal and Informal Care (2010)
King D, Balarajan M, Blake M, Cheshire H, Darton R, Gray M, Hancock R, Henderson C, Jones A, Legard R, Malley J, Martin A, Morciano M, Mugford M, Pickard L, Shemilt I, Snell T, Wittenberg R
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2764, University of Kent and London School of Economics and Political Science
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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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Age Discrimination in Mental Health Services (2008)
Beecham J, Knapp M, Fernández J-L, Huxley P, Mangalore R, McCrone P, Snell T, Wittenberg R
PSSRU Discussion Paper 2536, London School of Economics
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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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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
Read moreConference 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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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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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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Making projections of long-term care: examples and methodological issues. (2003)
Comas-Herrera A, Wittenberg R, Pickard L
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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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Feasibility Study for a Survey of Privately-Funded Admissions to Residential and Nursing Homes. Final report (1999)
Netten A, Darton R, Wittenberg R, Costigan P, McGarry T, McKernan A
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Independent residential care home clients; a survey of lengths of stay and other characteristics (1992)
Wittenberg R, Smart S, Ivins C
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Generic
A new module of survey questions on older people's receipt of, and payment for, formal and informal care (2014)
Balarajan M, Blake M, Darton R, Gray M, Hancock R, Pickard L, Wittenberg R
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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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