Question

With the development of new medication, an aging American population, and increased insurance coverage for prescription medications, the number of adverse drug events is predicted to A. decrease for a year, then increase. B. decrease. C. increase. D. remain the same.

Answer 1

The correct option is C.
The development of new medications, an aging population and increased insurance coverage for prescription medications greatly increased the number of older adults who have access to different type of drugs and this greatly increases the probability of having adverse drug events. A typical older adult in USA uses at least five different drugs on a daily basis, as new drugs are discovered, these older population has access to more drugs for taking care of their aliments and this generally increase the adverse drugs events.