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Cost-Benefit Considerations in the Treatment of Elderly People

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    Brian Livesley (The University of London’s Professor in the Care of the Elderly)

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Livesley, B. Cost-Benefit Considerations in the Treatment of Elderly People. Drugs & Aging 1, 249–253 (1991). https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199101040-00001

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