The mental health residential care study: predicting costs from resident characteristics

Daniel Chisholm, Martin Knapp, Jack Astin, Paul Lelliott, Bernard Audini (1997)

British Journal of Psychiatry 170 1 37-42

https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.170.1.37

Abstract

Background

Little information is available on the costs of residential care for people with mental health problems, and there are very few research data on how or why the costs of provision vary.

Method

As part of a broader s