TEST BANK FOR PHARMACOLOGY FOR PRIMARY PROVIDER 4TH EDITION EDMUNDS.

TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th
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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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Bank
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MULTIPLE CHOICE b




1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medical
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schools?
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a. Changes inMedicare reimbursement b b b




methods recommended in 1992
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b. Competition fromnonphysicians desiring b b b




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
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d. Therecognition that nonphysicians have
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variable success providing primarycare
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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 primarycare and have beenshown
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to be safe and effective.
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DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) b b b REF: 2 b




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 b b b b b




appropriate medications than younger
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physicians.
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b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top b b b b b




five 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 continues
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to be that provided by pharmaceutical
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companies.
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ANS: D b




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