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PHAR 340 Final Exam Prep

PHAR 340 Final Exam Prep

Pregunta 1 de 200

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The primary role of the pharmacist is largely focused around:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • medication consumption (e.g. to screen for contradictions and drug-drug interactions)

  • to serve as the physician's resource for information about medical therapies

  • to provide patient education about medications

  • A only

  • A, B and C

Explicación

Pregunta 2 de 200

1

The closing of medical schools following the Flexner Report led to decreased minority and female students.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 200

1

Primary prevention initiatives in public health typically

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cost more than secondary efforts

  • focuses on education and/or health policy

  • reverses genetic disease

  • target individuals rather than populations

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 200

1

Suppose Physical Therapy is used to treat a disease; then Physical Therapy is associated with...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primary prevention

  • Secondary prevention

  • Tertiary prevention

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 200

1

Pharmacy educational outcome(s) set forth by CAPE (Center for Advancement in Pharmaceutical Education) in 2004 include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Pharmaceutical Care

  • Systems Management

  • Public Health

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 6 de 200

1

As discussed in the Public Health lecture, how many "Essential Public Health Services" are there?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 6

  • 8

  • 10

  • 12

Explicación

Pregunta 7 de 200

1

Physician Assistants often team with nurses to provide independent, intradisciplinary care.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 8 de 200

1

What mail order pharmacists like most about their work environment was:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Repetitive nature of the work

  • Medication dispensing

  • Providing patient care

  • Dealing with insurance issues

Explicación

Pregunta 9 de 200

1

The primary responsibility of a mail order pharmacist has evolved from medication preparation to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • patient counseling via toll free phone calls

  • personnel management

  • financial management

  • dealing with state regulatory affairs

Explicación

Pregunta 10 de 200

1

Sunscreen is an example of...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primary prevention

  • Secondary prevention

  • Tertiary prevention

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 11 de 200

1

Quality means different things to different people and can be based on involvement, need, price, and experience.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 12 de 200

1

The pharmacist's code of ethics at one time stated that a pharmacist should never discuss therapeutic effects with patients.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 13 de 200

1

Which healthcare professional has the most in quantity?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Nurses

  • Physicians

  • Pharmacists

  • Pharmacy technicians

Explicación

Pregunta 14 de 200

1

In all states, physician assistants have unlimited prescribing authority for all legend (prescription) drugs.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 15 de 200

1

A prescribed legend drug indicated for a chronic disease (e.g. diabetes) is an example of...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primary prevention

  • Secondary prevention

  • Tertiary prevention

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 16 de 200

1

The "iron triangle" of health care include(s):

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention

  • Disease, Diagnosis, Prognosis

  • Assessment, Monitor, Assurance

  • Access, Cost, Quality

Explicación

Pregunta 17 de 200

1

Public Health Pharmacists can encompass all of the following EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Disaster preparedness

  • Chronic disease education

  • Exercise/Nutrition education

  • Medication adherence

  • Surgical removal of a cancerous tumor

Explicación

Pregunta 18 de 200

1

The HMO act of 1973 mandated inclusion of a prepaid, fixed-free option for some employers.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 19 de 200

1

Public Health encompasses disease prevention measures, sanitation, occupational safety, and more.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 20 de 200

1

The Hill-Burton Act provided federal funding for hospitals.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 21 de 200

1

Responsibility for optimizing all of a patient's drug therapy is accepted by _____________ in the Pharmaceutical Care model.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the primary care physician

  • the patient

  • The internal medicine physician

  • the pharmacist

  • the care team (including physician(s), pharmacist(s), and the patient)

Explicación

Pregunta 22 de 200

1

According to Dr. Arneson's lecture the most common type of community pharmacy is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Chain

  • Supermarket

  • Independent

  • Mass merchandise

Explicación

Pregunta 23 de 200

1

In 2006, the average number of prescription drug purchases is greater by the "poor" than for the "middle income" or "high income".

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 24 de 200

1

When Americans in the 18th and 19th century became sick, most were cared for by:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Allopathic physicians

  • Osteopathic physicians

  • Family members or self

  • Hospital wards

Explicación

Pregunta 25 de 200

1

In 2006, males tended to have higher average number of prescription including refill than females.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 26 de 200

1

White Coat ceremonies are primarily intended to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • create/increase parent or family support

  • celebrate students' matriculation

  • increase professionalism

  • unify healthcare dress code

  • create alumni donation opportunities

Explicación

Pregunta 27 de 200

1

Aseptic and antiseptic techniques were developed in response to

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • miasma theory of disease

  • Galen's Humoralism

  • germ theory of disease

  • allopathic measures

Explicación

Pregunta 28 de 200

1

The motivation of a professional shares this theme with Concordia's mission:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • helping students

  • religious roots

  • service to others

  • development of mind, body & spirit

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 29 de 200

1

Which of the following health outcomes are reflective of health care in the United States when compared to other developed countries (e.g. England, Canada)

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • lower infant mortality

  • spends more on health care

  • has the best cost-to-benefit ratio

  • has the worst cost-to-benefit ratio

Explicación

Pregunta 30 de 200

1

Millis Commission Report (1975) indicated pharmacists were inadequately prepared in systems analysis, management, and communication skills.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 31 de 200

1

The uninsured rate in the US in 2010 is around

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 0% (the US has socialized medicine and everyone is covered)

  • 1.63%

  • 16.3%

  • 100%

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 32 de 200

1

According to the definition of Quality (in healthcare), it is intended to increase:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • repeatability of health care interventions

  • desired health outcomes

  • predictability of patient outcomes

  • patient satisfaction

  • care efficacy and reimbursement efficiency

Explicación

Pregunta 33 de 200

1

Most Americans in the 19th century believed in ______________ to explain health and the body.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Germ Theory

  • Miasma Theory

  • Humoralism

Explicación

Pregunta 34 de 200

1

Based on this figure (8), the poor, minority, and immigrants (Non-citizens) are more likely to be uninsured.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 35 de 200

1

The area both independent community and chain community pharmacists like least about their practice settings is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Interaction with patients

  • Technology

  • Dealing with insurance issues

  • Over the counter products

Explicación

Pregunta 36 de 200

1

When compared to other economically developed countries, the United States

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • has lower infant mortality

  • spends more on health care

  • has longer life expectancy

Explicación

Pregunta 37 de 200

1

Cost is the biggest factor or reason for not having health insurance. The current healthcare reform provides provisions and incentives to lower this barrier.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 38 de 200

1

The United States has _______________ health care standards (licensure, regulation, etc.) among economically developed countries.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the highest

  • average

  • the lowest

Explicación

Pregunta 39 de 200

1

Health Literacy is a severe problem for non-English speaking Americans but only a minor concern for the remainder of the population.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 40 de 200

1

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of interdisciplinary care?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Effective communication among professionals

  • Increase planning/scheduling difficulty

  • Effective communication with the patient

  • Independent work for the good of the patient

  • Multiple professionals

Explicación

Pregunta 41 de 200

1

In 1905, the American Medical Association, with the support from the Carnegie Foundation, commissioned a study of U.S. medical schools in response to decades of concern about the quality of medical education and training. The resulting Flexner Report is considered a benchmark in the history of medical education because it:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • RESULTED in the closure of all medical schools that did not meet established quality criteria

  • stimulated licensing legislation and established new requirements pertaining to training lengths and quality standards in laboratories and other training facilities

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 42 de 200

1

Health Care reforms have begun changing the emphasis in medical practice from treating illness in individual patients to maintaining wellness in community populations. This shift poses major challenges to the medical education process because:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • medical school education and training has historically focused on curing illness, not preventing it

  • preventative medicine has historically been assigned low priority in medical school curricula

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 43 de 200

1

An individual working in a pharmacy (setting) who, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assists in pharmacy activities that do not require the professional judgment of a pharmacist, would describe a:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • pharmacy intern

  • pharmacy technician

  • pharmacy resident

Explicación

Pregunta 44 de 200

1

The "state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" refers to the:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Definition of pharmaceutical care

  • Definition of health by the World Health Organization

  • Definition of health by Healthy People 2010

Explicación

Pregunta 45 de 200

1

Blue Cross Hospital Insurance, the predominant form of health insurance for decades, was modeled after:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Baylor University Hospital's school teachers plan

  • the American Hospital Association policies

  • the American Red Cross

Explicación

Pregunta 46 de 200

1

The health care system in the United States has been described as a "sickness system" developed for acute disease rather than prevention or reduction of chronic disease.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 47 de 200

1

Two major factors explaining the decline in infant mortality rates and an increase in life expectancy that are generally cited as explanations:
(1) Changes in standard of living or lifestyle, including improvements in personal hygiene, diet, and housing
(2) Advances in public health measures
(3) Progress in medical practices including therapeutic interventions in the treatment of patients

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 1 and 2

  • 1 and 3

  • 2 and 3

Explicación

Pregunta 48 de 200

1

The initial reaction of the American Medical Association (AMA) to Blue Cross hospital insurance plans suggested that the plans:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Would strengthen the quality of hospital care

  • Were unsound and unethical

  • Would help boost physician income

Explicación

Pregunta 49 de 200

1

Major obstacles to ensuring an efficient and rational health workforce in the future include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Separate and often conflicting interests of governments, educational institutions, professional organizations, insurers, and providers

  • Declining need for health care professionals in several categories of practice

  • Interprofessionalism and interdisciplinary care

Explicación

Pregunta 50 de 200

1

Until the mid-1980s, hospitals were reimbursed for their expenses of the prior year on a "retrospective" basis. Now they are paid a certain amount for each patient's care on a "prospective" basis. The amount they are paid is based on:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • diagnosis related groups (DRGs)

  • prospective patient categories (PPCs)

  • epidemiology

Explicación

Pregunta 51 de 200

1

To reduce health care costs, the patient should avoid the hospital emergency room for a(n) _______________ problem, and should go to a physician office, urgent care center or clinic setting, instead.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • immediate

  • non-urgent

  • emergent

Explicación

Pregunta 52 de 200

1

"Heroic" methods (including bleeding, purging, sweating, etc.) are most closely associated with:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Humoralism and Orthodox physicians

  • Osteopathy

  • Miasma and Sectarian physicians

  • Homeopathic physicians

Explicación

Pregunta 53 de 200

1

The Hill-Burton Act

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Provided federal funding for hospitals

  • Created to separate categories of drugs (prescription & OTC)

  • Provided federal funding for polio vaccination programs

  • Amended the pure food & drug act to create the FDA

Explicación

Pregunta 54 de 200

1

The closing of medical schools following the Flexner Report led to decreased minority and female students.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 55 de 200

1

An overlap of duties leading to professional conflict might occur between:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Physicians and Pharmacists

  • Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists

  • Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners

  • Occupational Therapists and Registered Nurses

Explicación

Pregunta 56 de 200

1

A professional's preparation and duties are likely to include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Specialized skills training

  • Continuing education

  • Basic scientific theory

  • Credentialing

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 57 de 200

1

The federal government licenses pharmacists to practice in all states and territories except Illinois and New Mexico.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 58 de 200

1

In 1915, Abraham Flexner declared pharmacy

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Shouldn't receive War Dept. commissions

  • Was not a profession

  • Should share physicians education systems

  • Had achieved doctoral status

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 59 de 200

1

The Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act is best known for:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Portability of insurance coverage

  • Patient privacy rules

  • Portability of patient records

  • The Hyde Amendment

  • The Flexner Amendment

Explicación

Pregunta 60 de 200

1

In the 20th century, hospital insurance plans, including Medicare, are often credited with

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Stabilizing hospital financing

  • Restricting hospital growth

  • Decreasing outpatient services

  • Non of the above are true

Explicación

Pregunta 61 de 200

1

The federal government operates a number of hospitals for specific populations, including

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Veterans

  • Military personnel

  • Native Americans

  • A and B only

  • A, B, and C

Explicación

Pregunta 62 de 200

1

In what period did almost all (hospital) administrators in their organizations, responded by cutting administrative expenses, reducing staff and services, and employing other methods to maintain viability?

Selecciona una o más de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Pre-Great Depression

  • Post-Great Depression

  • The technology boom in the late 1990's

  • Recession that began in 2008

Explicación

Pregunta 63 de 200

1

Horizontal Integration is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the term to describe an affiliation between hospitals

  • the term used to describe an affiliation between inpatient surgery centers

  • the term used to describe a commensalistic relationship between local public health units

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 64 de 200

1

Whereas a retrospective payment type is fee-for-service, a prospective payment service type is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Diagnosis-Reform Group

  • Diagnosis -Related Group

  • Disease-Related Group

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 65 de 200

1

Public Health encompasses disease prevention measures, sanitation, occupational safety, and more.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 66 de 200

1

Major obstacles to ensuring an efficient and rational health workforce in the future include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Separate and often conflicting interests of governments, educational institutions, professional organizations, insurers, and providers

  • Declining need for health care professionals in several categories of practice

  • Interprofessionalism and interdisciplinary care

Explicación

Pregunta 67 de 200

1

Select the true statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Persons with co-occurring disorders often have more instances of premature death and higher rates of disability that hose who don’t have co-occurring disorder.

  • Persons with co-occurring disorders do not have more instances of premature death and higher rates of disability that hose who don’t have co-occurring disorder.

  • Neither are true

Explicación

Pregunta 68 de 200

1

Select the true statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • From 2008 to 2014, there is a projected 6.6% annual decrease in spending for mental health and substance use services in the US.

  • From 2008 to 2014, there is a projected 6.6% annual increase in spending for mental health and substance use services in the US.

  • There will not be a % change in spending for mental health during this period in the US.

Explicación

Pregunta 69 de 200

1

These groups/cultures are “at-risk” populations – and more likely to delay or not seek mental health care/treatment

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cultural and linguistic minorities

  • Rural populations

  • Women and children in lower socio-economics

  • A and C only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 70 de 200

1

Evidence-based practice/medicine/pharmacy:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Is supported by research that is published in the clinical literature

  • The type of practice that is the basis of curriculum now offered by healthcare professions’ schools and colleges

  • Clinical literature that is reviewed and summarized by professionals with expertise in the specific area

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 71 de 200

1

In a collaborative practice environment, a clinical psychiatric pharmacist can:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Provide medication management services

  • Initiate and discontinue med use

  • Dose and refill authorizations

  • Laboratory monitoring

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 72 de 200

1

Factors influencing prescriber behavior include:


Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Education (e.g., Training in pharmacotherapeutics; Preceptors’ prescribing habits)

  • Control and regulatory mechanisms

  • Demands by consumers and society

  • Promotional activities by drug manufacturers

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 73 de 200

1

What is the order of the pharmaceutical supply chain?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Raw Material Supply Manufacturing  Distribution  Dispensing  Patient

  • Raw Material Supply Patient  Manufacturing  Distribution  Dispensing

  • Raw Material Supply Dispensing  Patient  Manufacturing  Distribution

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 74 de 200

1

Select the false statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Once a drug is approved for the market, the FDA has the ultimate power to determine how it is ultimately used.

  • Non-FDA-approved (“off-label”) indications are uses of a product that were not approved by the FDA, but have shown value after approval based on postmarketing research.

  • Non-FDA-approved indications cannot be promoted by the manufacturer.

Explicación

Pregunta 75 de 200

1

Researchers test an experimental drug or treatment in a small group of healthy people (20-80) for the first time to evaluate its safety, determine a safe dosage range, and identify side effects.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Phase I

  • Phase II

  • Phase III

  • Phase IV

Explicación

Pregunta 76 de 200

1

A ________ drug treats rare medical conditions / disease, affecting fewer than 200,000 patients in USA, may be sold without competition for seven years, National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD) & European Organization for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS)

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Oprah

  • Orphan

  • Albano

  • Vu

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 77 de 200

1

Drug Labeling:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • All printed information accompanying a drug, label, wrapping & package insert

  • FDA Division of Marketing, Advertising & Communication seeks balanced, not misleading, scientifically accurate information for health care practitioners

  • Label claim (indication) is particularly important to sponsor because of its connection to reimbursement

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 78 de 200

1

Select the false/untrue factor(s) that change demand:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Prices of related goods

  • Money income of the producer

  • Number of consumers in the market

  • Attitudes, tastes, and preferences of the consumer

  • Consumer expectations with respect to future prices and incomes

Explicación

Pregunta 79 de 200

1

Select the false/untrue factor(s) that change supply:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Techniques of production, including technology

  • Number of buyers in the market

  • Resource costs (material and wages)

  • Prices for related goods

  • Sellers’ expectations

Explicación

Pregunta 80 de 200

1

Demand is ___________if an increase in price causes the quantity demanded to decrease enough to result in a decrease of total revenue.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Elastic

  • Inelastic

  • Unitary

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 81 de 200

1

Typical Home Care services include all EXCEPT


Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Homemaker

  • Wound care

  • Parenteral nutrition

  • Minor home surgery

  • Hospice care

Explicación

Pregunta 82 de 200

1

Select the true statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Hospice services cannot legally be provided in a patient's home in most states.

  • Hospice services can legally be provided in a patient's home in most states.

Explicación

Pregunta 83 de 200

1

Major changes that have occurred in IV infusion devices as a result of the growth of home care.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • the size and weight of infusion devices have decreased dramatically

  • Manufacturers have introduced disposable infusion devices

  • Pharmacists can only administer them

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 84 de 200

1

Home care pharmacy standards according to ASHP can include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Initial patient database and assessment

  • Selection of products, devices, and ancillary supplies

  • Clinical monitoring

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 85 de 200

1

The advent of Medicare Part D coverage in 2008
provided partial or full coverage of home care
medications.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 86 de 200

1

Select the false statement regarding PPACA implementation and Medicare and Medicaid provisions:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Offering Relief for 4 Million Seniors Who Hit the Medicare Prescription Drug Reimbursement Gap (donut hole): provides a one-time, tax-free $250 rebate check for uncovered prescription drug costs (2010).

  • Offering Prescription Drug Discounts: provides Medicare recipients who reach the prescription drug coverage gap with a 50% discount when buying Medicare Part D covered brand-name prescription drugs; for the next 10 years, seniors will receive additional savings on brand-name and generic drugs until the coverage gap is closed in 2020 (2011).

  • Providing Free Preventive Care for Seniors: provides certain free preventive services, such as annual wellness visits and personalized prevention plans for seniors on Medicare (2011).

  • Reducing Health Care Fraud and Abuse: invests new resources and requires new screening procedures for health care providers to boost federal antifraud and waste initiatives in Medicare ONLY.

Explicación

Pregunta 87 de 200

1

Select the false statement regarding PPACA implementation and Medicare and Medicaid provisions:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Improving Health care Quality and Efficiency: establishes a new Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (James Bresette) to test new ways of delivering care to patients to improve the quality of care, and reduce the rate of growth in costs for Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP (2011).

  • Linking Payment to Quality Outcomes: establishes a hospital Value Based Purchasing program in Traditional Medicare, offering financial incentives to hospitals to improve the quality of care; requires hospitals to publicly report performance for certain diagnoses and patients’ perceptions of care (2012).

  • Encouraging Integrated Health Systems: provides incentives for physicians hospitals to join together to form “Accountable Care Organizations” to better coordinate Medicare beneficiary patient care and improve quality, help prevent disease and illness and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions (2012).

  • Improving Preventive Health Coverage: provides new funding to state Medicaid programs that choose to cover preventive services for patients at a cost (equal to or similar to prescription gap/donut hole reimbursement) to expand the number of Americans receiving preventive care (2012).

Explicación

Pregunta 88 de 200

1

Select the false statement regarding PPACA implementation and Medicare and Medicaid provisions:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Allowing States to Cover More People on Medicaid: provides federal matching funds for states covering some additional low-income individuals and families under Medicaid for whom federal funds were not previously available (2010).

  • Increasing Access to Services at Home and in the Community: allows states to offer home and community-based services to disabled individuals through Medicaid rather than institutional care in nursing homes through the Community First Choice Option (2011).

  • Increasing Medicaid Payments for only Sub-specialty Doctors and Surgeons: requires states to pay them no less than 100% of Medicare payment rates in 2013 and 2014 for primary care services.

  • All are false

Explicación

Pregunta 89 de 200

1

Select the false statement regarding PPACA implementation and Medicare and Medicaid provisions:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing Additional Funding for the CHIP: provides states with two additional years of funding to continue coverage for children not eligible for Medicaid (2013).

  • Increasing Access to Medicaid: enables Americans who earn less than 133% of the federal poverty level eligible to enroll in Medicaid; provides states with 100% federal funding for the first 3 years to support this expanded coverage, phasing to 90% federal funding in subsequent years (2014).

  • Increasing Federal Match for CHIP: provide states with a 23% increase in CHIP matching rate up to 100%; CHIP eligible children excluded from the program because of enrollment caps are eligible for tax credits in the state health insurance exchanges (2015).

  • None are false; all are true

Explicación

Pregunta 90 de 200

1

Addressing Overpayments to Big Insurance Companies and Strengthening Medicare Advantage (MA): eliminates additional Medicare costs from Medicare managed care plans (MA) and provides bonus payments to MA plans that provide high-quality care (2011).

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 91 de 200

1

Improving Preventive Health Coverage: provides new funding to state Medicaid programs that choose to cover preventive services for patients at little or no cost to expand the number of Americans receiving preventive care (2012), is which outcome:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing New Consumer Protections

  • Improving Quality and Lowering Costs

  • Increasing Access to Affordable Care

  • Holding Insurance Companies Accountable

Explicación

Pregunta 92 de 200

1

Increasing Medicaid Payments for Primary Care Doctors: requires states to pay primary care physicians no less than 100% of Medicare payment rates in 2013 and 2014 for primary care services, with full federal funding of the increase; the requirement anticipates an influx of new Medicaid enrollees into the system (2013), is which outcome:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing New Consumer Protections

  • Improving Quality and Lowering Costs

  • Increasing Access to Affordable Care

  • Holding Insurance Companies Accountable

Explicación

Pregunta 93 de 200

1

Providing Additional Funding for the CHIP: provides states with two additional years of funding to continue coverage for children not eligible for Medicaid (2013), is which outcome:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing New Consumer Protections

  • Improving Quality and Lowering Costs

  • Increasing Access to Affordable Care

  • Holding Insurance Companies Accountable

Explicación

Pregunta 94 de 200

1

Addressing Overpayments to Big Insurance Companies and Strengthening Medicare Advantage (MA): eliminates additional Medicare costs from Medicare managed care plans (MA) and provides bonus payments to MA plans that provide high-quality care (2011), is which outcome:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing New Consumer Protections

  • Improving Quality and Lowering Costs

  • Increasing Access to Affordable Care

  • Holding Insurance Companies Accountable

Explicación

Pregunta 95 de 200

1

Putting Information for Consumers Online: establishes a website on which consumers can compare health insurance coverage options and choose their preference (2010), is which outcome:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Providing New Consumer Protections

  • Improving Quality and Lowering Costs

  • Increasing Access to Affordable Care

  • Holding Insurance Companies Accountable

Explicación

Pregunta 96 de 200

1

Which is a true statement?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The pharmacist’s code of ethics at one time stated that a pharmacist should never discuss therapeutic effects with physician assistants.

  • The pharmacist’s code of ethics at one time stated that a pharmacist should never discuss therapeutic effects with patients.

  • The pharmacy technician code of ethics at one time stated that a pharmacist should never discuss therapeutic effects with patients.

  • None of the above are true

Explicación

Pregunta 97 de 200

1

Which statement is true?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The HMO Act of 1973 mandated exclusion of a prepaid, fixed-fee option for some employers.

  • The HMO Act of 1973 mandated inclusion of a prepaid, fixed-fee option for some employers.

  • The HMO Act of 1973 mandated inclusion of a cost-plus option for some employers.

  • None of the above are true

Explicación

Pregunta 98 de 200

1

Select the true statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Hill-Burton Act provided federal funding for hospitals

  • The Hill-Burton Act provided federal funding for Veterans Administration hospitals only

  • The Hill-Burton Act provided federal funding for Critical Access hospitals

  • None are true

Explicación

Pregunta 99 de 200

1

Select the true statement.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • In 2006, the average number of prescription drug purchases is greater by the poor than for the middle income or high income.

  • In 2006, the average number of prescription drug purchases is lesser by the poor than for the middle income or high income.

  • In 2006, the average number of prescription drug purchases is equal by the poor, middle income, and high income.

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 100 de 200

1

Which is a true statement?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Millis Commission report (1975) indicated that pharmacists were adequately prepared in systems analysis, management, and communication skills.

  • Millis Commission report (1975) indicated that pharmacists were inadequately prepared in systems analysis, management, and communication skills.

  • Millis Commission report (1975) indicated that pharmacists were inadequately prepared in pharmaceutical, sociological, and psychological skills.

  • None of the about are true

Explicación

Pregunta 101 de 200

1

Select the true statement.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The poor, minority, or immigrants (Non-citizens) are more likely to be uninsured compared to wealthier, white non-hispanic, or a US citizen

  • The poor, minority, or immigrants (Non-citizens) are more likely to be insured compared to wealthier, white non-hispanic, or a US citizen

  • All of the above are true

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 102 de 200

1

Select the true statement.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Cost is the biggest factor or reason for not having health insurance.

  • Losing a job is the biggest factor or reason for not having health insurance.

  • Being healthy is the biggest factor or reason for not having health insurance.

  • None of the above are true.

Explicación

Pregunta 103 de 200

1

Specialty pharmacies:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • are projected not to exist within the next 10 years.

  • are only found in rural areas.

  • are the most prevalent of all community pharmacies.

  • usually specialize in the medication management of one or two disease states.

Explicación

Pregunta 104 de 200

1

Nuclear pharmacist:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • have the most direct patient contact of any of the areas of pharmacy practice.

  • require specialized training beyond the traditional pharmacy training.

  • only work in the evening.

  • glow in the dark.

Explicación

Pregunta 105 de 200

1

Pharmacist in mail-order pharmacies:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • only fill prescriptions

  • never have to deal with patient insurance issues

  • only work weekends

  • have evolved to manning phone banks to council and answer patient questions

Explicación

Pregunta 106 de 200

1

A _____________ is a continually updated list of medications and related information, representing the clinical judgment of pharmacists, physicians, and other experts in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and promotion of health.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Guernica

  • Formulary

  • Bar code

  • Computerized physician order entry (CPOE)

Explicación

Pregunta 107 de 200

1

Some challenges of medication reconciliation (performing or implementing it) include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Time constraints

  • Health literacy

  • Interview skills

  • B and C only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 108 de 200

1

Centralized hospital pharmacy is the distribution of medications and pharmacy services occurring from a centralized pharmacy location with medication storage area, sterile preparation area (clean room), and medication cart filling area. Other advantages include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Fewer professional and technical resources needed

  • Less drug inventory and supply costs

  • Lack of face-to-face interaction with patients and providers

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 109 de 200

1

Incident-to-billing can be used in which of the following practice settings:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A hospital-based clinic

  • An independent clinic

  • A community pharmacy

  • A dependent hospital

Explicación

Pregunta 110 de 200

1

A law that compels hospital to treat patients who present in the emergency room regardless of
ability to pay or insurance status. The law also intends to prevent “patient dumping.”

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Association Labor Act B. Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Law Act

  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Law Act

  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Legal Act

  • Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

Explicación

Pregunta 111 de 200

1

Select the true statement:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The patient centered medical home (PCMH) is not simply a place but a model of organization of primary care that delivers the core functions of primary health care. It does not encompass these five functions and attributes: Comprehensive care, Patient- centered, coordinated care, accessible services, quality and safety.

  • The patient centered medical home (PCMH) is not simply a place but a model of organization of primary care that delivers the core functions of primary health care. It encompasses five functions and attributes: Comprehensive care, Patient-centered, coordinated care, accessible services, quality and safety.

  • PCMH is a United States law

  • PCMH has not demonstrated quality

Explicación

Pregunta 112 de 200

1

Ambulatory Care is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Healthcare services provided to a patient who is not an inpatient in a healthcare institution (e.g., nursing home or hospital) and can walk or move about to obtain those services.

  • The provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community.

  • Considered inpatient hospitals services

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 113 de 200

1

Health care reforms have begun changing the emphasis in medical practice from treating illness in individual patients to maintaining wellness in community populations. This shift poses major challenges to the medical education process because:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • medical school education and training has historically focused on curing illness, not preventing it

  • preventive medicine has historically been assigned low priority in medical school curricula

  • preventive medicine has always been a focus of the pharmacy profession

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 114 de 200

1

Infrastructure investment secured by Hill-Burton Act further propelling the growth of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • YMCA Gymnasiums

  • American Pharmacists Association

  • Corner drug stores

  • Hospitals

Explicación

Pregunta 115 de 200

1

Insurers can increase cost containment efforts via:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Prior approvals or prior authorization

  • Primary care as gatekeepers

  • Promotion of tertiary prevention

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 116 de 200

1

Hospital mergers or acquisitions often take advantage of:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Finance of Scale

  • Scale of Economy

  • Scale of Justice

  • Economies of Scale

Explicación

Pregunta 117 de 200

1

In part due to a shift from acute to chronic disease:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Hospital systems have increased outpatient (or ambulatory care) facilities and services as well as other healthcare interests

  • Hospital systems have decreased outpatient (or ambulatory care) facilities and services as well as other healthcare interests

  • Hospital systems have not changed

  • None of the above are true

Explicación

Pregunta 118 de 200

1

The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act proposed a mandate that taxes tanning via artificial tanning beds; the
tax rate is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • 10%

  • 50%

  • 100%

  • Taxing to decrease behavior has never been done

Explicación

Pregunta 119 de 200

1

The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act has curtailed restrictions (by insurers) on:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • pre-existing conditions

  • lifetime limits

  • practicing preventive health

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 120 de 200

1

The Patient Protection Affordable Care Act specifically mentions the word “Pharmacist."

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Yes, pharmacist provisions are increasing

  • No, pharmacist provisions are decreasing

  • Yes, pharmacist are encouraged to be like physicians

  • No, pharmacist are encouraged to be like nurses

Explicación

Pregunta 121 de 200

1

According to a JAMA report in 1995, 78% of system failures and errors can be attributed to:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Unlimited information access

  • Limited information access

  • lacking standardization

  • B and C only

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 122 de 200

1

Computerized Provider Order Entry:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • can be orders for labs, medications, etc.

  • eliminates verbal, telephone, faxed orders

  • ensures orders are legible

  • A and B only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 123 de 200

1

One way to reduce medication error rate is with

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Bar Channel Medication Administration

  • Bar Channel Medicine Administration

  • Bar Code Medication Administration

  • Bar Code Medication Association

Explicación

Pregunta 124 de 200

1

An example of adjudication in healthcare is

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • defaulting on a pharmacy claim

  • processing a pharmacy claim

  • Neither A or B is an example

  • Both A and B are examples

Explicación

Pregunta 125 de 200

1

With respect to bioinformatics and the overall consequences:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Anticipate technology outpacing policies, procedures, practices

  • Ramifications of large systems and automated processes

  • Health information exchange and data ownership

  • B and C only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 126 de 200

1

Factor(s) which might make a patient a good "fit" for home care include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Too “sick” for self-care but healthy enough to avoid institutional setting

  • home care services available in the area

  • available of family members to assist

  • a and b only

  • a, b, and c

Explicación

Pregunta 127 de 200

1

Activities of Daily Living (ADL) are the basic measurement for determining...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • quality of nursing home care

  • appropriateness of Long-Term Care (LTC) setting selection

  • patient age

  • none of the above

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 128 de 200

1

Demand quantity generally always decreases as price increases because

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • replacement products lower prices

  • utility is often elastic as prices increase

  • fewer buyers have ability or willingness to pay the higher price

  • complementary products become available as substitutes

  • the number of consumers in the market increases

Explicación

Pregunta 129 de 200

1

For pharmacists, Mental Health patients often present....

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increased risk of drug interaction issues

  • increased risk of medication adherence problems

  • enhanced patient communication

  • A and B only

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 130 de 200

1

For pharmacists and the interprofessional team, mental health patients often present(s):

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increase risk of drug interaction issues

  • increased risk of medication adherence problems

  • increased difficulty in communication

  • the same need for compassionate care

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 131 de 200

1

Which characteristic is typically associated with a modern hospital?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • staffed by health care professionals

  • provides both ambulatory and inpatient care

  • includes pharmacists as a part of the care team

  • concentration of healthcare facilities and equipment

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 132 de 200

1

Select the true statement about mental health and substance abuse:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • All patients of employer-based insurance plans suffering from a mental or substance abuse disor der avoid diagnosis or treatment.

  • All physicians of employer-based insurance plans suffering from a mental or substance abuse dis order avoid diagnosis or treatment.

  • Many physicians of employer-based insurance plans suffering from a mental or substance abuse disorder avoid diagnosis or treatment.

  • Many patients of employer-based insurance plans suffering from a mental or substance abuse dis order avoid diagnosis or treatment.

Explicación

Pregunta 133 de 200

1

The following statements concerning the Veterans Administration are true:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The VA system includes medical centers, outpatient clinics and community clinics

  • VA pharmacists provide a large variety of clinical services

  • Ambulatory services available through the VA are restricted to combat related illnesses

  • a and b

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 134 de 200

1

Home care pharmacy standards are developed by:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

  • American Colleges of Pharmaceutical Education

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 135 de 200

1

Improving economic performance of the health care system through introducing all aspects of market
forces to improve cost and quality should include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Making patients more sensitive costs and quality (e.g., transparency of information; tiered cost- sharing, defined contributions for health insurance)

  • Report costs, quality, and quantity of services of providers to promote competition among providers.

  • Design physician and hospital reimbursement schemes with incentives to reduce costs.

  • B and C only

  • All of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 136 de 200

1

Many policy makers believe health care is a(n)_________, and therefore, should be regulated as a public utility (control fees and prices).

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • oligopoly

  • monopsony

  • elastic demand

  • monopoly

Explicación

Pregunta 137 de 200

1

All of the following contribute to increased competition EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • open information

  • available substitute goods

  • lower barriers to entry

  • many market participants

  • a strong patent and copyright system

Explicación

Pregunta 138 de 200

1

Elasticity refers to change in demanded quantity due to change in

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • number of consumers

  • availability of substitutes

  • price

  • supply

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 139 de 200

1

The average charge for Assisted Living in the US is...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • significantly higher than skilled nursing care

  • approximately $3300/month (2010 data)

  • approximately $200/bed/day (2010 data)

  • 100% covered by Medicare and Medicaid

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 140 de 200

1

Hospitals have reacted to Medicare’s Prospective Payment System (PPS) and insurance plan capitation by

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increasing use of PAs and NPs

  • performing more services on an inpatient basis

  • increasing outpatient services offered

  • requiring minimum patient stay lengths

  • requiring prior approvals

Explicación

Pregunta 141 de 200

1

Patient treatment needs which are typical for Long-term Care (LTC) include all of the following except...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • physical therapy

  • broken leg rehab

  • Alzheimer's

  • surgery

  • IV drug therapy

Explicación

Pregunta 142 de 200

1

According to epidemiological data, what factor or barrier is the primary reason for not seeking treatment?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Access

  • Quality

  • Cost

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 143 de 200

1

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • recommends drug recalls to the Consumer Products Safety Commission

  • has little control of how a drug is used after approval

  • has no regulatory authority for non-print advertising (FCC regulates) of drugs

  • provides DEA agents to Homeland Security to enforce reimportation regulations
    

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 144 de 200

1

A New Drug Application (NDA) is submitted to the FDA

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • to request approval for marketing a new drug

  • prior to phase IV clinicals

  • to request approval to begin phase I clinicals

  • A & B only

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 145 de 200

1

Some types of “errors” caught in medication reconciliation include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Omissions

  • Duplications

  • Dosing errors

  • a and b only

  • a, b, and c

Explicación

Pregunta 146 de 200

1

The majority of Assisted Living residents move in from

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • their homes

  • the hospital

  • skilled nursing facilities

  • hospice

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 147 de 200

1

A believable rumor of an upcoming price increase will likely:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • cause an increase in demand

  • cause a decrease in demand

  • cause increased utility

  • cause decreased utility

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 148 de 200

1

A market structure closest to perfect competition...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • is quite similar to the market for Medicare services

  • has strong regulation to ensure qualified, competent sellers

  • might have market analysts who sell exclusive, valuable market information

  • has financing to support substantial capital expenditures for market entry

  • has no collusion

Explicación

Pregunta 149 de 200

1

In most hospitals, formularies are used to limit the options available to the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 150 de 200

1

Abraham Flexner's 1910 report recommended:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • increased standards for medical education

  • creation of HMO's

  • elimination of osteopathic medical schools

  • rejection of the germ theory of disease

Explicación

Pregunta 151 de 200

1

There are multiple criticisms of the U.S. healthcare system which have historically driven the need for reform including access to care and cost effectiveness.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 152 de 200

1

Indian Health Service participants who do not live on or near 564 reservations are eligible for limited healthcare benefits through IHS’s TRICARE program.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 153 de 200

1

We are projected to run out of bar codes

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • in 10-15 years

  • in 15-30 years

  • in over 100 years

  • not projected - depends on rate of new drug approval

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 154 de 200

1

Every substance can be toxic and some can be therapeutic depending on the concentration.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 155 de 200

1

Modern enterprise systems integrate financial accounting with inventory, manufacturing, sales, or other modules.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 156 de 200

1

In nuclear pharmacies, most of the pharmacist’s time is involved with

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Personnel management

  • Medication preparation

  • Medication Dispensing

  • Business related activities-financial management

Explicación

Pregunta 157 de 200

1

Although supply and demand curves have different slopes, both are always straight lines.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 158 de 200

1

A pharmacy is not only a dispensing environment - it can also be thought of as an assembly operation.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 159 de 200

1

The Durham-Humphrey amendment created

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • hospital funding

  • the FDA

  • the category of Legend drugs

  • pharmacists' license requirements

Explicación

Pregunta 160 de 200

1

Current and growing public health opportunities include all of the following EXCEPT

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • pharmacovigilance

  • pandemic preparedness

  • healthcare workforce development

  • cosmetic surgery

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 161 de 200

1

For those over age 65, all Parts of Medicare are optional EXCEPT

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Part A

  • Part B

  • Part C

  • Part D

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 162 de 200

1

Health insurance is not a strong "fit" with the criteria for insurable risk and prescription coverage is an even worse "fit".

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 163 de 200

1

Managed care organizations can be a hybrid of health insurer and health care provider.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 164 de 200

1

The FDA's roles in drug development include all of the following EXCEPT:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • premarketing clearance

  • regulation of labeling

  • manufacturing regulation

  • development of bioequivalent compounds

  • conducting postmarketing surveillance

Explicación

Pregunta 165 de 200

1

Medical School training in the first two years is typically focused on

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Clinical training

  • Research

  • Cadavers and sleeplessness

  • Basic science

  • Internships followed by Residency

Explicación

Pregunta 166 de 200

1

Adherence implies a patient choice in making the decision to follow a health professional's recommendations.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 167 de 200

1

While medical internships are typically two years following residency, they emphasize clinical work over basic sciences.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 168 de 200

1

Continuing challenges of applying technology in a healthcare environment include

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • systems integration

  • transactional integrity

  • barcode specificity

  • A & B above

  • A, B, & C above

Explicación

Pregunta 169 de 200

1

Complementary products, more consumers, and expected price increases...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • typically result in increased demand

  • have no effect on demand

  • typically result in decreased demand

Explicación

Pregunta 170 de 200

1

"Off label" marketing refers to a manufacturer failing to include all known side effect, risks, and indications on labels and advertisements.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 171 de 200

1

Even though jails and prisons are obligated to provide similar discharge care for mental/behavioral (psychiatric medications, discharge plans, etc.), they are decreasing as defacto mental/behavioral health provider.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 172 de 200

1

Pick the correct order of increasing number of practitioners:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Nurses -> Physicians -> Pharmacists

  • Physicians -> Pharmacists -> Nurses

  • Pharmacists -> Nurses -> Physicians

  • Pharmacists -> Physicians -> Nurses

  • Physicians -> Nurses -> Pharmacists

Explicación

Pregunta 173 de 200

1

Risk management problems with health insurance include all of following except

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • provider/physician induced demand

  • selectivity in when patients purchase health insurance

  • increase risk of heart disease between genders

  • epidemic diseases

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 174 de 200

1

The biggest difference in health care between developing and developed countries is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Communicable diseases are more prevalent than chronic diseases in developing countries.

  • Chronic diseases are more prevalent than communicable diseases in developing countries.

  • Developing countries all have portability of benefits.

  • Developing countries all have a socialized medicine system of health care.

Explicación

Pregunta 175 de 200

1

Consultant pharmacists are not allowed to perform DRR for Medicare certified nursing facilities.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 176 de 200

1

The type of health care system where the government provides health insurance to all citizens is:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Socialized health insurance

  • Social security

  • Social solidarity

  • None of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 177 de 200

1

The Minimum Data Set is an assessment of a patient's capabilities in common tasks such as bathing, dressing, and eating.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 178 de 200

1

Direct-to-consumer advertising and increased information access are affecting prescribing and medication use in the United States.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 179 de 200

1

The federal government often intercedes in healthcare when

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Market failure prevents healthcare access

  • Safety of a product must be assured

  • practitioners must be licensed

  • A & B above

  • A, B, & C above

Explicación

Pregunta 180 de 200

1

Hospital Emergency Departments are designed to diagnose and treat a broad range of non-urgent cases.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 181 de 200

1

Skilled Nursing Facilities are highly regulated by state and federal agencies.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 182 de 200

1

Home Care Pharmacy standards are published by the International Joint Commission

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 183 de 200

1

The Medicare program is administered by the CMS.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 184 de 200

1

Continuing Care Retirement Communities may provide:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • independent living

  • skilled nursing

  • activities

  • dining

  • all of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 185 de 200

1

For a provider, becoming part of a managed care network typically involves increased risk exposure to patients' health but decreased cost or risk of "acquiring" patients.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 186 de 200

1

For a provider, becoming part of a managed care network typically involves increased risk exposure to patients' health but decreased cost or risk of "acquiring" patients.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 187 de 200

1

Health Literacy...

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • does not differ among patient demographics

  • encompasses only print and electronic information

  • is an important factor in health care cost control

  • all of the above

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 188 de 200

1

Group policies are usually less expensive than individual policies because:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Group policies are most often negotiated by large companies with skilled negotiators

  • Insurance companies pay significantly greater sales commissions for individual policies than group policies

  • Individual policies are most often purchased by those less healthy in need of coverage but groups policies include everyone in the group

  • Insurance companies selling individual policies cannot legally restrict policyholders to specific (discounted) hospital/physicians

Explicación

Pregunta 189 de 200

1

Which market most closely resembles a monopoly?

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • A rural community with one grocery store and many residents

  • A farming community with one cotton mill and many cotton farms

  • An urban neighborhood with several "bodega" style food markets and many residents

  • An urban area with two oil refineries and many automobiles

  • A farmer's market in a suburban community

Explicación

Pregunta 190 de 200

1

The U.S. federal, state, and local governments roles in healthcare include:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • payor

  • provider

  • regulator

  • all of the above

  • none of the above

Explicación

Pregunta 191 de 200

1

The FDA was created by

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • The Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act of 1938

  • The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

  • The Flexner report of 1910

  • The Import Drug act of 1848

  • An Amendment to the Social Security Act of 1935

Explicación

Pregunta 192 de 200

1

The 2010 Health Care Reform laws established a new role for our federal government as a health care provider.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 193 de 200

1

Hospitals utilizing a centralized pharmacy distribution system need not centralize pharmacists also.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 194 de 200

1

Since its inception Medicare cost have:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Remained constant

  • Steadily increased

  • Steadily decreased

  • Contributed to the deflation of health costs

Explicación

Pregunta 195 de 200

1

Healthcare is not subject to market forces due to the unpredictability of illness, universal demand, and the lack of full and free information.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 196 de 200

1

Preceptors' prescribing habits, regulatory mechanisms, and formularies influence prescribing behavior.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 197 de 200

1

While health care reform laws have been proposed and debated in congress during multiple presidential administrations including Truman and most recently Clinton, the 2010 reforms represent the first passage of any federal reform law.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 198 de 200

1

Similar to property and casualty insurance, health insurance applies the theory of risk pooling to manage unanticipated risk.

Selecciona uno de los siguientes:

  • VERDADERO
  • FALSO

Explicación

Pregunta 199 de 200

1

Specialty practice physician compensation is _______ primary care physician compensation.

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • typically greater than

  • typically less than

  • approximately the same as

Explicación

Pregunta 200 de 200

1

The majority of Medicare funding comes from:

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Payroll taxes

  • State appropriations

  • Health care taxes

  • Government budget surplus

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