RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 The cost and advantages of establishing an age-sex register JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners JO J R Coll Gen Pract FD British Journal of General Practice SP 532 OP 533 VO 27 IS 182 A1 Richard E. G. Sloan A1 Margaret Norman A1 Dawn Adams YR 1977 UL http://bjgp.org/content/27/182/532.abstract AB The advantages and disadvantages of different methods of creating an age-sex register are described. The cost of setting up such a register in a NHS practice with 10,000 patients is shown, and it is suggested that financial advantages may cover the costs involved.