TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition by Constance G Visovsky 9780323661171 Chapters 1-73 Complete Guide.

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




1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medicalsc
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hools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement x x x x


methods recommended in 1992 x x x



b. Competition from nonphysicians desiring x x x x


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 x x x x



d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
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variable success providing primary care x x x x




ANS: A x


The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimburse
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ment to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care provi
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ders, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis onpreparing primary car
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e physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as professionals fr
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om other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have beenshown
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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 x x x x


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


five classifications of medications prescr
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ibed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic ar
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mamentarium” that consists of less than x x x x x


100 drug preparations per physician.
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d. The dominant form of drug information us
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ed by primary care physicians continuesto
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be that provided by pharmaceutical comp
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anies.
ANS: D x


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