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, Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs.
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1. Which of the following has influenced an emphasis on primary care education in
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desiringto meet primary care
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c. The need for monopolistic control in
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themarketplace of primary outpatient
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d. The recognition that nonphysicians
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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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primary care 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 from other disciplines stepped up to meet the needs.
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Nonphysicians have had increasing success at providing primary care and have
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2. Which of the following statements is true about the prescribing practices of physicians?
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a. Older physicians tend to prescribe
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moreappropriate medications than
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younger physicians.
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c. Most physicians rely on a “therapeutic
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armamentarium” that consists of less
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d. The dominant form of drug
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provided by pharmaceutical
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