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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 medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement
methods recommended in 1992
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b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto
meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the
marketplace of primary outpatient care
The recognition that nonphysicians have
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d.
variable 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
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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.
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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 more
appropriate medications than younger
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physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top
five classifications of medications
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prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
armamentarium” that consists of less than
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100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information
used by primary care physicians continues
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to be that provided by pharmaceutical
companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,