D393 History of Healthcare WGU Exam
2026 Questions and Answers
Almshouse - Correct answer-an institution to care for poor people, run by religious
leaders with no patient care training
pest houses - Correct answer-a facility to isolate people with contagious diseases
from the rest of society
royal hospital - Correct answer-a prestigious medical facility that treats people of
wealth and means
1700-1720 - Correct answer-pest and almshouses were the primary treatment
facilities
1722 - Correct answer-royal hospitals were available to people with enough money
to afford treatment
1736 - Correct answer-Bellevue hospital and charity hospital opened to provide
first rate care to an individual regardless of their status
1751 - Correct answer-Pennsylvania hospital, the first public hospital in the U.S.,
was established by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas bond
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, 1793 - Correct answer-A yellow fever outbreak, strained the U.S. healthcare
system
mosquitos caused it in Philadelphia
1813 - Correct answer-the vaccine act of 1813 was passed to encourage the use of
the smallpox vaccine
1830 - Correct answer-medical specialization became common practice
1847 - Correct answer-the American Medical Association (AMA) was founded
1876 - Correct answer-John Hopkins University was founded
1889 - Correct answer-William, James, and Charles Mayo founded the Mayo
Clinic
1918 - Correct answer-H1N1 virus leads to the influenza pandemic 50-100 million
died
1929 - Correct answer-Blue Cross, the first legitimate health insurance launched
1938 - Correct answer-commercial insurance approved providing hospital coverage
small pox - Correct answer-a virus that emerged during the 1800's- 1900's causing
severe pus-filled blisters that were contagious and often lead to death, Edward
Jenner found the cure
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2026 Questions and Answers
Almshouse - Correct answer-an institution to care for poor people, run by religious
leaders with no patient care training
pest houses - Correct answer-a facility to isolate people with contagious diseases
from the rest of society
royal hospital - Correct answer-a prestigious medical facility that treats people of
wealth and means
1700-1720 - Correct answer-pest and almshouses were the primary treatment
facilities
1722 - Correct answer-royal hospitals were available to people with enough money
to afford treatment
1736 - Correct answer-Bellevue hospital and charity hospital opened to provide
first rate care to an individual regardless of their status
1751 - Correct answer-Pennsylvania hospital, the first public hospital in the U.S.,
was established by Benjamin Franklin and Thomas bond
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, 1793 - Correct answer-A yellow fever outbreak, strained the U.S. healthcare
system
mosquitos caused it in Philadelphia
1813 - Correct answer-the vaccine act of 1813 was passed to encourage the use of
the smallpox vaccine
1830 - Correct answer-medical specialization became common practice
1847 - Correct answer-the American Medical Association (AMA) was founded
1876 - Correct answer-John Hopkins University was founded
1889 - Correct answer-William, James, and Charles Mayo founded the Mayo
Clinic
1918 - Correct answer-H1N1 virus leads to the influenza pandemic 50-100 million
died
1929 - Correct answer-Blue Cross, the first legitimate health insurance launched
1938 - Correct answer-commercial insurance approved providing hospital coverage
small pox - Correct answer-a virus that emerged during the 1800's- 1900's causing
severe pus-filled blisters that were contagious and often lead to death, Edward
Jenner found the cure
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