Principles of Prescribing for Older Adults Include

question 9

Multiple Choice

Principles of prescribing for older adults include:

• A) Avoiding prescribing any newer high-cost medications
• B) Starting at a low dose and increasing the dose slowly
• C) Keeping total dose at lower therapeutic range
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Average Product

Average Product is the output per unit of input, calculated by dividing total product by the quantity of the input.

Marginal Product

The additional output that is produced by adding one more unit of a specific input, while holding other inputs constant.

Average Product

In economics, the output produced per unit of input, used to measure productivity efficiency.

Marginal Product

The increase in output that results from a one-unit increase in the input, holding all other inputs constant.