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Describe HC in America at the turn •A cottage industry
of 20th century •Engaged in by physicians and their assistants,
largely students (apprentices)
•Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
•Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly
non-profit
What is the AMA? What did it Established standards for preliminary medical
accomplish in its early years? 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
, What changes in HC during 19th •Began to professionalize health care workforce
century lead to Modern HC system? working in specialized institutions to deliver health
care services
•Health care research sector that advances
diagnosis and treatment
•Industry that provides health care supplies and
therapeutics
•Began a classification and data-collection system
to evaluate health care performance
What are Blue Cross and Blue Health Insurance Plans
Shield? How did they develop?
- In 1929, Blue Cross plans were established to
provide "prepaid" hospital care to workers in the
Dallas public school system
In the 1940s, Blue Cross-Blue Shield began to unify
as one company
• Together they served 24 million members
• Included 81 hospital plans and 44 medical plans
WWII influenced HC. How? What
changes occurred?
What is Community rating in health refers to insurance pricing whereby everyone in
insurance? 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
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Terms in this set (70)
Describe HC in America at the turn •A cottage industry
of 20th century •Engaged in by physicians and their assistants,
largely students (apprentices)
•Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
•Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly
non-profit
What is the AMA? What did it Established standards for preliminary medical
accomplish in its early years? 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
, What changes in HC during 19th •Began to professionalize health care workforce
century lead to Modern HC system? working in specialized institutions to deliver health
care services
•Health care research sector that advances
diagnosis and treatment
•Industry that provides health care supplies and
therapeutics
•Began a classification and data-collection system
to evaluate health care performance
What are Blue Cross and Blue Health Insurance Plans
Shield? How did they develop?
- In 1929, Blue Cross plans were established to
provide "prepaid" hospital care to workers in the
Dallas public school system
In the 1940s, Blue Cross-Blue Shield began to unify
as one company
• Together they served 24 million members
• Included 81 hospital plans and 44 medical plans
WWII influenced HC. How? What
changes occurred?
What is Community rating in health refers to insurance pricing whereby everyone in
insurance? 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
