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The rationing of services between clients is an inevitable consequence of the excess of needs and demands over supplies. It may be achieved formally, through official waiting lists or consumer charges, or informally through the independent working procedures of care staff. Almost always it will be a combination of devices that will ration the available supply.1
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© 1984 Martin R. J. Knapp
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Knapp, M. (1984). Social Care and the Market. In: The Economics of Social Care. Studies in Social Policy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17708-0_6
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