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Three decades ago, two major problems confronted the Norwegian service system for people with mental retardation: institutions were too small and beds were too few (St. prp. 36 (parliamentary bill), 1960–61). The total number of beds fell considerably short of needs, and according to prevailing knowledge, a mean number of 50 residents per institution (153 in central institutions and 25 in others) was definitely suboptimal.
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Tøssebro, J. (1996). Deinstitutionalization in the Norwegian welfare state. In: Mansell, J., Ericsson, K. (eds) Deinstitutionalization and Community Living. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-4517-4_5
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