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a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices) - ANS
At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United States was
predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - ANS -Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - ANS 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 - ANS Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - ANS 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) - ANS 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 - ANS Advances that made practice of medicine more successful
in treating health problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - ANS 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
- ANS 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 - ANS Provided the start for some
of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - ANS Provided the start for some of the largest names
in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - ANS ________in 1861 and the idea of
professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - ANS Created
ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - ANS 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 - ANS
Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments - ANS -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" - ANS -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 - ANS With medicine's improved ability to cure disease and treat chronic
conditions, the demand for care _________, as did its cost
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