Acknowledgement
This research was carried out as part of a project making a comparative analysis of nursing home patient populations in each State of Australia. The project is supported by the Commonwealth Department of Health. The assistance of the Australian Bureau of Statistics in providing advice and unpublished tabulations is gratefully acknowledged.
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Howe, A.L., Preston, G.A.N. Handicap in the Australian aged population: Part 1: Findings and interpretations from the handicapped persons survey. Journal of Population Research 1, 66–81 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03029401
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