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TEST BANK FOR PHARMACOLOGY FOR THE PRIMARY CARE PROV
IDER 5TH EDITION BY CONSTANCE G. VISOVSKY, CHERYL H. ZAM
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Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. C
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MULTIPLE CHOICEA
1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in medic
al schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement methods recommended in 1992
b. Competition from non-physicians desiring to meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that non physicians have variable success providing primary care
ANSWER: A
The Physician Payment Review Commission in 1992 directly increased financial reimbursemen
t to clinicians who provide primary care. Coupled with a shortage of primary care providers, th
is incentive led medical schools to place greater emphasis on preparing primary care physicians
.
Competition from non physicians increased coincidentally as professionals from other discipline
s stepped up to meet the needs.
Non physicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have been shown 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 more appropriate medications than younge
r physicians.
b. Antibiotic medications remain in the top five classifications of medications prescribed.
c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic armamentarium” that consists of less than 10
0 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information used by primary care physicians continues to
be that provided by pharmaceutical companies.
ANSWER: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
Pharmaceutical representatives, and patient preference and state that they rely on academic sour
ces for drug information, a study showed that commercial rather than scientific sources of drug
information dominated their drug information materials. Younger physicians tend to