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PROVIDER 4
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Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs.
Change Test 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 desiring
to 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 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 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 continues
to be that provided by pharmaceutical
companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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Chapter 01: Prescriptive Authority and Role Implementation: Tradition vs.
Change Test 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 desiring
to 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 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 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 continues
to be that provided by pharmaceutical
companies.
ANS: D
Even though most physicians claim to place little weight on drug advertisements,
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