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a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices)
CORRECT ANSWERS At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United
States was predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: CORRECT ANSWERS -Doctors were mostly solo
practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 CORRECT ANSWERS Long-term care for
the elderly was largely home-based
Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing was small business
Health care was a minor part of the economy
1847- 19th century CORRECT ANSWERS Founding of the American Medical
Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) CORRECT ANSWERS
Established standards for preliminary medical education for the degree of MD
Code of medical ethics
Recommended use of anesthetic agents for surgery and obstetrics
Noted the dangers of secret remedies (snake oil) and patent medicines
Recommended that state governments register births, marriages, and deaths
(snake oil) CORRECT ANSWERS oted the dangers of secret remedies (_____) and
patent medicines
-Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War (first conflict in which the Army dug
toilets downstream from army's campsite)
-Application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists such as Louis Pasteur
Affected the physician's ability to control infectious diseases - the leading causes of
death at that time CORRECT ANSWERS Advances that made practice of medicine
more successful in treating health problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War CORRECT ANSWERS first conflict
in which the Army dug toilets downstream from army's campsite)
Application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists such as Louis Pasteur
CORRECT ANSWERS Affected the physician's ability to control infectious diseases -
the leading causes of death at that time
, Demand for therapeutics fueled by the Civil War CORRECT ANSWERS Provided the
start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth,
Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb CORRECT ANSWERS Provided the start for some of the
largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps CORRECT ANSWERS ________in 1861 and the
idea of professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War CORRECT ANSWERS
Created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 CORRECT ANSWERS Founding of Association of Hospital Superintendents
in_____
Became the American Hospital Association (AHA)
Adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death in 1900 CORRECT
ANSWERS Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments CORRECT ANSWERS -Began to professionalize health
care workforce working in specialized institutions to deliver health care services
-Health care research sector that advances diagnosis and treatment
-Industry that provides health care supplies and therapeutics
-Began a classification and data-collection system to evaluate health care performance
Medical "tool box" CORRECT ANSWERS -Vaccines and antitoxins, which prevented
childhood illnesses
-Medicines, such as insulin, which saved and extended life
-Surgery, which could cure dozens of conditions, aided by effective anesthesia and the
protection of aseptic techniques
-Increased
-access CORRECT ANSWERS With medicine's improved ability to cure disease and
treat chronic conditions, the demand for care _________, as did its cost
In response, a major focus of health policy since the early 20th century has been
assuring _______to health care
Providing health care coverage
Building the American health care infrastructure CORRECT ANSWERS Both public and
private sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
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