MHA 707 EXAM D GRADED A+
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students
(apprentices) - correct answer At the beginning of the 20th century, health
care in the United States was predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - correct answer -Doctors were mostly solo
practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - correct 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 - correct answer Founding of the American Medical
Association (AMA)
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Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - correct 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) - correct 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 - correct answer
Advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating
health problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - correct answer first
conflict in which the Army dug toilets downstream from army's
campsite)
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Application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists such as
Louis Pasteur - correct 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 - correct answer Provided
the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical
industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - correct answer Provided the start for some of
the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - correct answer ________in 1861 and
the idea of professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - correct answer
Created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - correct 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 - correct answer Predecessor of the International Classification of
Diseases (ICD)