Test Bank – Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds) | Verified Q&A | ISBN 9780323661171

TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th
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by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski& Rebecca M Lutz | Verified
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* Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version
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Test Bank- Pharmacologyfor thePrimaryCareProvider, 5thEdition(Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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, Chapter01:PrescriptiveAuthorityandRoleImplementation: Traditionvs.ChangeTest
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MULTIPLECHOICE *




1. Whichofthe following has influenced anemphasis onprimarycare education in
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* medicalschools? *




a. Changes
inMedicarereimbursementmethods
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recommended in1992
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b. Competitionfromnonphysicians * *




desiringto meet primarycare shortages
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c. Theneed formonopolisticcontrolin * * * * *




themarketplaceofprimaryoutpatient
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care
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d. Therecognitionthat * *




nonphysicianshavevariablesuccess
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providing primarycare
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ANS: A *




The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
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reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of
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primarycareproviders, this incentive led medicalschoolsto placegreater emphasis
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onpreparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased
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coincidentallyas professionals fromother disciplines stepped upto meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing successat providing primarycareand havebeenshown to
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be safe and effective.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel:Remembering(Knowledge) * * * REF: 2 *




2. Whichofthe followingstatements istrueabout the prescribingpractices ofphysicians?
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a. Olderphysicianstendtoprescribe * * * *




moreappropriate medications than
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younger physicians.
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b. Antibioticmedicationsremaininthe * * * *




topfive classifications of medications
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prescribed.
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c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic * * * * *




armamentarium”thatconsistsoflessthan
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100 drugpreparationsper physician. * * * *




d. The dominant form of drug information
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usedbyprimarycarephysicians
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continuesto be that provided by
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pharmaceutical companies.
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ANS: D *




Eventhoughmost physiciansclaimto place little weight ondrugadvertisements,
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