TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 6th Edition by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz | Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version

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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 medic
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to meet primary care shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic control in th
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d. The recognition that nonphysicians hav
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The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimbur
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sement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary car
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e providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis onpreparing pr
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imary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as prof
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essionals from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have beensho
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wn to be safe and effective.
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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 mor
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pfive classifications of medications pre
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c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic a
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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 continue
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Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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