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Provider, 5th Edition Author:Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H
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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest 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 desiring to
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 on preparing 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 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
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.
d. The dominant form of drug information
used by primary care physicians continuesto
be that provided by pharmaceutical
companies.
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, ANS: D
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, Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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Provider, 5th Edition Author:Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H
Zambroski & Rebecca M Lutz All Chapters Covered 100% Complete
A+ Study Guide Latest Version
U TEST BANK!!!
F LL
1|Page
, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs. ChangeTest 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 desiring to
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 on preparing 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 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
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.
d. The dominant form of drug information
used by primary care physicians continuesto
be that provided by pharmaceutical
companies.
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, ANS: D
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, Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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