TEST BANK For Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care
Provider, 5th Edition
by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M
Lutz | Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version
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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 medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement
methods recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto
meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the
marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
variable 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 onpreparing 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 beenshown 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 younger
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
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information used
by primary care physicians continuesto be
that provided by pharmaceutical companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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Provider, 5th Edition
by Constance G Visovsky & Cheryl H Zambroski & Rebecca M
Lutz | Verified Chapter's 1 - 73 | Complete Newest Version
Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
1
,Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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,Test Bank - Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition (Edmunds), Chapter 1-73
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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 medical
schools?
a. Changes in Medicare reimbursement
methods recommended in 1992
b. Competition from nonphysicians desiringto
meet primary care shortages
c. The need for monopolistic control in the
marketplace of primary outpatient care
d. The recognition that nonphysicians have
variable 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 onpreparing 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 beenshown 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 younger
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
100 drug preparations per physician.
d. The dominant form of drug information used
by primary care physicians continuesto be
that provided by pharmaceutical companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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