Aggregate data is held within ISD Scotland on the funding of places in nursing homes for each year from 1997 to 2002: For years ending 31 March 1999 to 31 March 2002, data are available, by means of funding (namely local authority, health board, DSS, self-financed, and other) on the following: numbers of residents at the beginning of the year, numbers of admissions (by type of resident: "long-term", "respite" and "other short-term"), numbers of discharges, numbers of deaths, numbers of residents at the end of the year (by type of resident: "long-term", "respite" and "short-term").For years ending 31 March 1997 and 1998, data are available on residents by main source of financial support...