The capital costs of alternative residential facilities for mentally handicapped people.

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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]