Physicians and pharmacists sometimes fail to inform patients

Last updated: 10/6/2023

Physicians and pharmacists sometimes fail to inform patients adequately about the proper application of prescription drugs and about the precautions to take in order to avoid potential side effects One method of increasing patients awareness of the problem is for physicians to provide Patient Medication Instruction PMI sheets The American Medical Association however has found that only 25 of the doctors who prescribe drugs frequently distribute PMI sheets to their patients The probability that a randomly selected patient will be hospitalized for a drug related problem given that the person has received the PMI sheet is 32 where as the probability that a randomly selected patient will be hospitalized for a drug related problem given that the person has not received the PMI sheet is 72 A patient is randomly selected Find the probability that the patient received the PMI sheet and was not hospitalized for a drug related problem a 27 31 b 17 100 c 19 50 Od 17 31 e 17 38