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Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority andRole Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest B
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MULTIPLE CHOICE SN
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medicals
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chools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement SN SN SN SN
methods recommended in 1992 SN SN SN
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiring SN SN SN SN
to meet primary care shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic control in the
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marketplace of primary outpatient care SN SN SN SN
d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
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variable success providing primary care SN SN SN SN
ANS: A S N
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 onpreparing primary
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care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as professional
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s from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have beenshow
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n to be safe and effective.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) SN SN SN REF: 2 SN
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 SN SN SN SN
physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top SN SN SN SN SN SN
five classifications of medications presc
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ribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic ar
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mamentarium” that consists of less than SN SN SN SN SN
100 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 continuest
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o be that provided by pharmaceutical co
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mpanies.
ANS: D S N
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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