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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




Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73

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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
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MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
medicalschools?
a. Changes in Medicare
reimbursementmethods l. l.



recommended in 1992 l. l.




b. Competition fromnonphysicians desiring l. l. l. l.



to meet primary care shortages
l. l. l. l.




c. The need for monopolistic control in the
l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



marketplace of primary outpatient care l. l. l. l.




d. Therecognitionthat nonphysicians have
l. l. l. l. l.



variable success providing primarycare l. l. l. l.




ANS: A l.



The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



primarycare providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



preparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.



shown to be safe and effective.
l. l. l. l. l.




DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) l. l. l. REF: 2 l.




2. Which ofthe following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l. l.




a. Older physicians tend to prescribe more
l. l. l. l. l. l.



appropriate medications than younger l. l. l. l.



physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top l. l. l. l. l. l.



five classifications of medications
l. l. l. l.



prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
l. l. l. l. l. l.



armamentarium” that consists of less than l. l. l. l. l.



100 drug preparations per physician.
l. l. l. l.




d. The dominant form of drug information
l. l. l. l. l. l.



used byprimary care physicians continues
l. l. l. l. l. l.



to be that provided by pharmaceutical
l. l. l. l. l. l.



companies.
ANS: D l.



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




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