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Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version
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Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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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
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1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primarycare education in
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medicalschools?
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a. Changes inMedicare g g
reimbursementmethods
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recommended in 1992
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b. Competition fromnonphysicians g g
desiringto meet primary care shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic controlin
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care
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d. Therecognition that nonphysicians
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havevariable success providing primary
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ANS: A g
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
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reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary
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care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis onpreparing
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primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as
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professionals fromother disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primarycare and have beenshown
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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 g g g g
moreappropriate medications than
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younger physicians.
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prescribed.
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c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
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armamentarium” that consists of less than
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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 byprimary care physicians
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continuesto be that provided by
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pharmaceutical companies.
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Even thoughmost physicians claim to place little weight ondrug advertisements,
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