The cost-effectiveness of community care for adults with learning disabilities leaving long-stay hospital in Northern Ireland

Jennifer Beecham, Martin Knapp, Sinead McGilloway, Michael Donnelly, Shane Kavanagh, Andrew Fenyo, Nicholas Mays (1997)

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 41 1 30-41

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2788.1997.tb00674.x

Abstract

Among the many questions concerning the replacement of long-stay hospital services with community-based care are those of cost and cost-effectiveness. Is community care more expensive than hospital care? Are levels of expenditure associated with client