The Beers Criteria is an effective tool for health care professionals prescribing and/or managing the medication therapy of older adults since it identifies medications that for this population:
a. are not typically covered by drug benefit plans.
b. have a higher than usual risk for injury.
c. are likely to be abused.
d. generally cause allergic reactions.
ANS: B
Drugs on the Beers' list are those that have been identified to have a higher than usual risk when used in older adults. The Beers Criteria have no relation to medication financing. There is no ev-idence that the drugs are likely to be abused by older adults. There is no greater likelihood of these drugs causing allergic reactions.
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