Penny wise, pound foolish: why deinstitutionalization from mental hospitals has cost us dear

Authors

Ciorstan J. Smark, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

25778

Publication Details

Smark, C. J. (2008). Penny wise, pound foolish: why deinstitutionalization from mental hospitals has cost us dear. (1 ed.). Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Publishing.

Abstract

This thesis set out to examine two accounting questions. The first one was whether accounting had played a role in encouraging the shifting of costs between the government (particularly the State Government of New South Wales) and the following groups of people:

• People with mental illness
• Carers of people with mental illness
• Government institutions for health, jails, welfare and housing
• Non-government charitable institutions

Link to publisher version (URL)

VDM Publishing