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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
medicalschools?
a. Changes in Medicare
reimbursementmethods
recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians
desiringto meet primary care
shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in
themarketplace of primary
outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians
havevariable success providing
primary care
ANS: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage
of primary care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater
emphasis onpreparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians
increased coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to
meet the needs.
Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have
beenshown to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe
moreappropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the
topfive classifications of
medications prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a
―therapeutic armamentarium‖ that
consists of less than
100 drug preparations per physician.
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Provider, 5th Edition ql l
by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz |
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Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version
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1
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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. Change
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
medicalschools?
a. Changes in Medicare
reimbursementmethods
recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians
desiringto meet primary care
shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in
themarketplace of primary
outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians
havevariable success providing
primary care
ANS: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial
reimbursement to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage
of primary care providers, this incentive led medical schools to place greater
emphasis onpreparing primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians
increased coincidentally as professionals from other disciplines stepped up to
meet the needs.
Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have
beenshown to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
a. Older physicians tend to prescribe
moreappropriate medications than
younger physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the
topfive classifications of
medications prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a
―therapeutic armamentarium‖ that
consists of less than
100 drug preparations per physician.
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