What Is the Purpose of the Beers Criteria

question 29

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Beers criteria?

• A) Identifies medications best avoided by the older adult.
• B) Identifies diagnostic procedures that are considered inappropriate for a diagnosis.
• C) Identifies penalties for extended-care facilities that allow administration of particular drugs.
• D) Identifies assessments necessary before the prescription of particular drugs.

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Definitions:

Funding Stages

The various phases of financial support provided to startups and businesses, which typically progress from seed funding to later-stage investments.

Dutch Auction IPO

A method of initial public offering in which the price of the shares is determined after taking in all bids and finding the highest price at which the total offering can be sold.

Private Placements

The sale of securities to a relatively small number of select investors as a way of raising capital.

Bond Issue

entails a corporation or government raising funds by selling bonds to investors, which are debt securities obliging the issuer to pay interest and repay the principal at maturity.