MHA 707 Exam D Questions & Answers 2023/2024
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices) - ANSWER-At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United States was predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - ANSWER--Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - ANSWER-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) - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-
Advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-
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 - ANSWER-Provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - ANSWER-Provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - ANSWER-________in 1861 and the idea of professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - ANSWER-Created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments - ANSWER--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" - ANSWER--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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Both public and private sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
insufficient to luxurious - ANSWER-As a result, health care access varied for people in different groups
Ranging from ____ to ____
Effective drug therapies and safer surgery - ANSWER-____ and _____ motivated reformers to extend the reach of professional medical attention to the entire population for the first time
info - ANSWER-Paying for health care services and therapeutics was a major issue
Only the well-to-do could afford all the benefits of improved medical care
A problem for both patients and providers, since hospitals and physicians needed paying patients to provide and improve services
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices) - ANSWER-At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United States was predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - ANSWER--Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - ANSWER-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) - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-
Advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-
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 - ANSWER-Provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - ANSWER-Provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - ANSWER-________in 1861 and the idea of professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - ANSWER-Created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments - ANSWER--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" - ANSWER--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 - ANSWER-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 - ANSWER-Both public and private sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
insufficient to luxurious - ANSWER-As a result, health care access varied for people in different groups
Ranging from ____ to ____
Effective drug therapies and safer surgery - ANSWER-____ and _____ motivated reformers to extend the reach of professional medical attention to the entire population for the first time
info - ANSWER-Paying for health care services and therapeutics was a major issue
Only the well-to-do could afford all the benefits of improved medical care
A problem for both patients and providers, since hospitals and physicians needed paying patients to provide and improve services
