MHA 707 Exam D questions well
answered (latest update)
opening of 20th century - correct answer ✔✔-doctors were solo practitioners
-hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
-long term care for the elderly was largely home-based
-pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing was a small business
1847 - correct answer ✔✔founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
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
advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health problems - correct answer
✔✔-improvements in surgery made during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists such as louis pasteur
provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer,
squibb - correct answer ✔✔demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
1861 - correct answer ✔✔founding U.S. nursing corps
nursing corps - correct answer ✔✔-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital facilities
,1899 - correct answer ✔✔founding of association of hospital superintendents
Association of hospital superintendents became - correct answer ✔✔American hospital association
(AHA)
1900 - correct answer ✔✔adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Bertillon or International List of Causes of death - correct answer ✔✔-predecessor of the international
classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
both public and private sectors were involved in - correct answer ✔✔-providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
1811 - correct answer ✔✔access to health care for members of the military, vets, and fam had become a
public sector initiative
1910 - correct answer ✔✔early forerunners of health insurance plans appeared as "prepaid" group
practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range of medical services through exclusive
group of providers
1929 - correct answer ✔✔Blue cross plans were established to provide "prepaid" hospital care to
workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to - correct answer ✔✔the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps
on wages
1940s - correct answer ✔✔BCBS unified
, BCBS together served - correct answer ✔✔24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med plans
by 1960s BC had - correct answer ✔✔52M
by 1960s BS had - correct answer ✔✔40M
BCBS covered what percent fed employees - correct answer ✔✔33%
BCBS offered by - correct answer ✔✔voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
BCBS used what to set prices for their products - correct answer ✔✔community rating
why did BCBS use community rating - correct answer ✔✔data was too poor to do anything else
community rating refers to - correct answer ✔✔insurance pricing whereby everyone in same geographic
area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition, occupation, health behaviors such as
smoking, or claims history
Experience Rating - correct answer ✔✔tailors policies and premiums to a particular group or individual
-premiums are based on the insured person's prior claims, health status, and risk of future claims as
indicated by his or her age, gender, health behaviors, and so forth
between 1965 and 1999 - correct answer ✔✔congress passed legislation for three groups not covered
by employer-based insurance
-medicare for 65+
-medicaid for uninsured, low income
-CHIP for uninsured, moderate income
answered (latest update)
opening of 20th century - correct answer ✔✔-doctors were solo practitioners
-hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
-long term care for the elderly was largely home-based
-pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing was a small business
1847 - correct answer ✔✔founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
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
advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health problems - correct answer
✔✔-improvements in surgery made during the civil war
-application to medicine of advances in bacteriology by scientists such as louis pasteur
provided the start for some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry : wyeth, pfizer,
squibb - correct answer ✔✔demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
1861 - correct answer ✔✔founding U.S. nursing corps
nursing corps - correct answer ✔✔-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital facilities
,1899 - correct answer ✔✔founding of association of hospital superintendents
Association of hospital superintendents became - correct answer ✔✔American hospital association
(AHA)
1900 - correct answer ✔✔adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Bertillon or International List of Causes of death - correct answer ✔✔-predecessor of the international
classification of diseases (ICD)
-brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
both public and private sectors were involved in - correct answer ✔✔-providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
1811 - correct answer ✔✔access to health care for members of the military, vets, and fam had become a
public sector initiative
1910 - correct answer ✔✔early forerunners of health insurance plans appeared as "prepaid" group
practices
-plan members paid a monthly premium and received a wide range of medical services through exclusive
group of providers
1929 - correct answer ✔✔Blue cross plans were established to provide "prepaid" hospital care to
workers in the dallas public school system
-Baylor created it
Blue Cross Blue Shield developed nationwide due to - correct answer ✔✔the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps
on wages
1940s - correct answer ✔✔BCBS unified
, BCBS together served - correct answer ✔✔24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med plans
by 1960s BC had - correct answer ✔✔52M
by 1960s BS had - correct answer ✔✔40M
BCBS covered what percent fed employees - correct answer ✔✔33%
BCBS offered by - correct answer ✔✔voluntary, nonprofit companies
-established as charitable and benevolent organizations
BCBS used what to set prices for their products - correct answer ✔✔community rating
why did BCBS use community rating - correct answer ✔✔data was too poor to do anything else
community rating refers to - correct answer ✔✔insurance pricing whereby everyone in same geographic
area pays the same premium
-regardless of their health status, age, gender, family composition, occupation, health behaviors such as
smoking, or claims history
Experience Rating - correct answer ✔✔tailors policies and premiums to a particular group or individual
-premiums are based on the insured person's prior claims, health status, and risk of future claims as
indicated by his or her age, gender, health behaviors, and so forth
between 1965 and 1999 - correct answer ✔✔congress passed legislation for three groups not covered
by employer-based insurance
-medicare for 65+
-medicaid for uninsured, low income
-CHIP for uninsured, moderate income
