TEST BANK for Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider 5th Edition by Constance G. Visovsky and Zambroski All Chapter's 1-73

TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th
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Edition
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by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz | Verified
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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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,Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
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MULTIPLE CHOICE h




1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
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a. Changes in Medicare h h


reimbursementmethods
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recommended in 1992
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b. Competition from nonphysicians h h


desiringto meet primary care shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic control in
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themarketplace of primary outpatient
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care
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d. The recognition that nonphysicians
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havevariable success providing primary
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care
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ANS: A h


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
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primary care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis
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onpreparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased
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coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have
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beenshown 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
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moreappropriate medications than
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younger physicians.
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b. Antibiotic medications remain in the h h h h


topfive classifications of medications
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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
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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 by primary care physicians
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continuesto be that provided by
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pharmaceutical companies.
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