Beers Criteria audience includes 65 years or older in which settings?

• A. Inpatient hospital only
• B. Ambulatory, acute, and institutionalized settings
• C. Pediatric clinics
• D. Telemedicine only

Answer: (B)

Beers Criteria is a resource for clinicians who care for adults 65 and older across a variety of care environments. It guides safer prescribing by identifying potentially inappropriate medications for older patients, regardless of where they receive care. The best choice—ambiguous wording that includes ambulatory, acute, and institutionalized settings—captures the full range: outpatient clinics (ambulatory), hospital stays (acute), and long-term care facilities (institutionalized). It isn’t limited to inpatient care or to telemedicine, and it isn’t focused on pediatric patients, so those options don’t fit the intended audience. In practice, this means doctors, pharmacists, and other clinicians use Beers Criteria whenever treating older adults in any setting.