The British Journal of Psychiatry 139: 230-237 (1981)
© 1981 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The capital costs of alternative residential facilities for mentally handicapped people
D Felce
This paper examines the capital costs and accommodation provided in three
different types of residential facility for mentally handicapped people--a
large campus hospital, a small campus hospital and a network of
individually-sited hospital units. The findings do not indicate any economy
arising from increased size, or from centralization of facilities on a
single site. These findings, together with the other research cited, have
implications for the design of future residential services.