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From patient to customer: Direct payments for assistive technology for disabled people’s self-determination

Author
Ratzka, Adolf
Abstract
[Excerpt] The author, AT user and activist in the Independent Living movement, claiming that direct payments for AT result in better quality and cost-efficiency than services in kind, suggests a pilot project to test the hypothesis. Plenary paper presented at the 7th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology, “Shaping the Future”, Dublin, Ireland, August 31st – 3rd September 2003.
Date Issued
2003-08-31Subject
direct payments; assistive technology; self-determination
Type
article