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Unpicking the costs of dementia care in care homes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2020

Sarah Cullum*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Adelina Comas-Herrera
Affiliation:
The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

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Copyright
© International Psychogeriatric Association 2020

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