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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority andRole Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Whichofthe following has influenced anemphasisonprimarycare education in medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement
methods recommendedin1992v
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto
meetprimarycareshortages
v
c. Theneed formonopolistic controlinthe
marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
variablesuccessprovidingprimarycare
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
careproviders,this incentive ledmedicalschoolsto placegreateremphasison preparing
primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as
professionals fromother disciplines stepped upto meet the needs.
Nonphysicianshavehadincreasingsuccessatprovidingprimarycareandhavebeen shown
v v
to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Whichofthefollowingstatements istrueaboutthe prescribingpracticesofphysicians?
a. Olderphysicianstendtoprescribemore
appropriate medicationsthan younger
v v
physicians.
b. Antibioticmedicationsremaininthetop v
five classifications ofmedications
v v
prescribed.
c. Most physicians relyona “therapeutic
v v v
armamentarium” that consists of less than
100 drug preparationsperphysician.
v v
d. Thedominant formofdruginformation v
used by primary care physicians continues to
bethatprovidedbypharmaceutical
v v
companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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3
, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority andRole Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest
Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Whichofthe following has influenced anemphasisonprimarycare education in medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement
methods recommendedin1992v
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto
meetprimarycareshortages
v
c. Theneed formonopolistic controlinthe
marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
variablesuccessprovidingprimarycare
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
careproviders,this incentive ledmedicalschoolsto placegreateremphasison preparing
primary care physicians. Competition from nonphysicians increased coincidentally as
professionals fromother disciplines stepped upto meet the needs.
Nonphysicianshavehadincreasingsuccessatprovidingprimarycareandhavebeen shown
v v
to be safe and effective.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remembering (Knowledge) REF: 2
2. Whichofthefollowingstatements istrueaboutthe prescribingpracticesofphysicians?
a. Olderphysicianstendtoprescribemore
appropriate medicationsthan younger
v v
physicians.
b. Antibioticmedicationsremaininthetop v
five classifications ofmedications
v v
prescribed.
c. Most physicians relyona “therapeutic
v v v
armamentarium” that consists of less than
100 drug preparationsperphysician.
v v
d. Thedominant formofdruginformation v
used by primary care physicians continues to
bethatprovidedbypharmaceutical
v v
companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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