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The elderly population is increasing and the over 65s now comprise over 13 per cent of the total population in Great Britain, compared with 5 per cent early this century (Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, 1971).
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Christopher, L.J., Ballinger, B.R., Shepherd, A.M.M., Ramsay, A., Crooks, G. (1979). A survey of hospital prescribing for the elderly. In: Crooks, J., Stevenson, I.H. (eds) Drugs and the Elderly. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03813-8_21
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