TEST BANK FOR Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 5th edition by Constance G. Visovsky , Cheryl H. Zambroski , Rebecca M. Lutz ISBN:978-0323661171 NEW COMPLETE GUIDE WITH RATIONALES 100% VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED!!!!!NEW LATEST UPDA

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1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical s
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chools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement dJ dJ dJ d



methods recommended in 1992
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b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto dJ dJ dJ d



meet primary care shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic control in the m
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arketplace of primary outpatient care dJ dJ dJ dJ




d. The recognition that nonphysicians have v
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ariable success providing primary care
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The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimbu
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rsement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care
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providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing prima
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ry care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as professi
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onals 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
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appropriate medications than younger dJ dJ dJ dJ



physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top fiv dJ dJ dJ dJ dJ dJ



e classifications of medications presc
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ribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
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armamentarium” that consists of less than dJ dJ dJ dJ dJ dJ



100 drug preparations per physician.
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d. The dominant form of drug information
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used by primary care physicians continues
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to be that provided by pharmaceutical
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companies.

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