The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice

@article{Prince2015TheBO,
  title={The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice},
  author={Martin James Prince and Fan Wu and Yanfei Guo and Luis Miguel Guti{\'e}rrez Robledo and Martin O’Donnell and Richard Sullivan and Salim Yusuf},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2015},
  volume={385},
  pages={549-562}
}
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