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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority andRole Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
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Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
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b medicalschools? b




a. Changes inMedicare b b




reimbursementmethods
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recommended in 1992
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b. Competition fromnonphysicians b b




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. Therecognition that nonphysicians
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havevariable success providing primary
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care
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ANS: A b




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 from 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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2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
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a. Older physicians tend to prescribe b b b b




moreappropriate medications than
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younger physicians.
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b. Antibiotic medications remain in the b b b b




topfive classifications of medications
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prescribed.
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c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic b b b b b




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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ANS: D b




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