The mixed economy of psychiatric reprovision

Martin Knapp, Jennifer Beecham, Angela Hallam (1997)

in Julian Leff (ed.) Care in the Community: Illusion or Reality John Wiley & Sons, Chichester 37-47

Abstract

In Britain today a great many agencies and professions are actively involved in mental health care delivery, funded from a variety of sources. The 1990 NHS and Community Care Act encouraged the mixed economy by separating purchasers from providers, and