TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider,
5th Edition
by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz |
Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
medicalschools?
a. Changes in Medicare
reimbursementmethods
recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiring
to meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in
themarketplace of primary outpatient
care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians
havevariable success providing primary
care
ANS: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of
primary care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on
preparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased
coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been
shown to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe
moreappropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the
topfive classifications of medications
prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
armamentarium” that consists of less
than
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information
used by primary care physicians
continuesto be that provided by
pharmaceutical companies.
ANS: D
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5th Edition
by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz |
Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
1
,Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
2
,Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
3
, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
medicalschools?
a. Changes in Medicare
reimbursementmethods
recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiring
to meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in
themarketplace of primary outpatient
care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians
havevariable success providing primary
care
ANS: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of
primary care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on
preparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased
coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been
shown to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe
moreappropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the
topfive classifications of medications
prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
armamentarium” that consists of less
than
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information
used by primary care physicians
continuesto be that provided by
pharmaceutical companies.
ANS: D
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