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A REWARD SCHEME: for patients in mental handicap hospitals
Author(s) -
HOWELL HILARY,
MAY ARTHUR E.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1982.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - mental handicap , incentive , payment , scheme (mathematics) , value (mathematics) , payment by results , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , nursing , business , computer science , finance , economics , microeconomics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , machine learning , public administration , political science
SUMMARY A system of payment to patients working in mental handicap hospitals is described. Adapted from the Netherne Industrial Pay Scheme , it has been running for four years. It presents few administrative difficulties and is felt by staff and patients to have some incentive value.