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The present social policy in Great Britain is aimed at increasing care in the community and this covers all aspects of medical care, including ophthalmology. The Medical Research Council in 1982 showed that the older the age group, the higher the incidence of ocular pathology, as shown in Table 8.1.
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Perry, J. (1990). Aspects of community care. In: Perry, J.P., Tullo, A.B. (eds) Care of the Ophthalmic Patient. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3378-2_8
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