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MULTIPLE CHOICE b b
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primarycare education in
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b medicalschools?
a. Changes inMedicare b b
reimbursementmethods
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recommended in 1992
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b. Competition fromnonphysicians b
desiringto meet primarycare shortages
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c. The need for monopolistic control in
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themarketplaceof primary outpatient
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d. Therecognitionthatnonphysicians b b
havevariablesuccess providing b b
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
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primarycare 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 fromother disciplines stepped upto meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primarycare and have
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beenshown to be safe and effective.
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DIF: CognitiveLevel: Remembering (Knowledge) b b b b REF: 2 b
2. Whichofthe following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
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a. Older physicians tendtoprescribe b b b b b
moreappropriate medications than b b
younger physicians.
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b. Antibiotic medications remain inthe b b b b
topfive classifications of medications b b b
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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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
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