MHA 707 STUDY GUIDE 2026 EXAM B
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◉ 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
