LSUS MHA 707 Exam D Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

LSUS MHA 707 Exam D Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)

Question 1:
Opening of 20th Century
Answer:
· Drs were solo practitioners · Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit ·
Long-term care for the elderly was largely home-based · Pharmaceuticals & medical device
manufacturing was a small business · Healthcare was a minor part of economy

Question 2:
Founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
Answer:
1847

Question 3:
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/obstetrics · Noted dangers of secret
remedies (snake oil) & patent medicines · Recommended state govs register births, marriages, & deaths

Question 4:
Advances making practice of med more successful in treating health problems
Answer:
· Improvements in surgery made during Civil War (toilets downstream from Army's campsite) ·
Application to medicine advances in bacteriology by scientists such as Louis Pasteur (ability to control
infections - leading cause of death at the time)

Question 5:
Demand for therapeutics fueled by Civil War
Answer:
· Provided start for some of largest names in modern pharma industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, Squibb

,Question 6:
Found of U.S. Nursing Corps (professional nursing)
Answer:
1861 (19th century)

Question 7:
Development of Ambulance Corps during Civil War
Answer:
· Created ambulance-to-ER system we know today · Estab. Hierarchy of tx stations to type of hospital
facilities

Question 8:
Association of Hospital Superintendents became
Answer:
· American Hospital Association (AHA)

Question 9:
Founding of Association of Hospital Superintendents
Answer:
1899

Question 10:
Adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Answer:
1900

Question 11:
Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Answer:
· Predecessor of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) · Brought some standards & criteria in
the study of diseases

,Question 12:
Both public & private sectors were involved in
Answer:
· Providing health care coverage · Building the American health care infrastructure

Question 13:
Access to health care for members of military, vets,
Answer:
1811 & family had become a public sector initiative

Question 14:
1910
Answer:
· Early forerunners of health insurance plans appeared as "prepaid" group practices · Plan members
paid monthly premium & received a wide range of medical services throughout exclusive group of
providers

Question 15:
1929
Answer:
· BC plans were established to provide "prepaid" hospital care to workers in Dallas Public School
system · Created by Baylor

Question 16:
BCBS developed nationwide due to
Answer:
· U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages

Question 17:
BCBS unified
Answer:
1940s

, Question 18:
BCBS together served
Answer:
· 24M, 81 hospital plans, 44 med plans

Question 19:
By 1960s BC had
Answer:
· 52M

Question 20:
By 1960s BS had
Answer:
· 40M

Question 21:
BCBS covered what percent Fed employees
Answer:
· 33%

Question 22:
BCBS offered by
Answer:
· Voluntary, nonprofit companies · Estab. As charitable & benevolent organizations

Question 23:
BCBS used what to set prices for their products
Answer:
· Community Rating

Question 24:
Why did BCBS use Community Rating?
Answer:
· Data too poor to do anything else