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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
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1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical
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schools?
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ods recommended in 1992
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meet primary care shortages cn cn cn




c. The need for monopolistic control in the m
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arketplace of primary outpatient care cn cn cn cn




d. The recognition that nonphysicians have var
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iable success providing primary care
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ANS: A cn



The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimburs
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ement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care pr
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oviders, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing primary
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care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as profession
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als from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been sho
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wn to be safe and effective.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge)
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2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
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a. Older physicians tend to prescribe more a
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ppropriate medications than younger ph cn cn cn cn



ysicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top cn cn cn cn cn cn



five classifications of medications pre
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scribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic ar
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mamentarium” that consists of less than 10 cn cn cn cn cn cn



0 drug preparations per physician.
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d. The dominant form of drug information u
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sed by primary care physicians continues to
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be that provided by pharmaceutical co
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mpanies.

ANS: D cn



Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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