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opening of 20th century
-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
founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
AMA
-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
-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
demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
,1861
founding U.S. nursing corps
nursing corps
-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital facilities
1899
founding of association of hospital superintendents
Association of hospital superintendents became
American hospital association (AHA)
1900
adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Bertillon or International List of Causes of death
-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
-providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
1811
, access to health care for members of the military, vets, and fam had become a public sector
initiative
1910
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
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
the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
1940s
BCBS unified
BCBS together served
24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med plans
by 1960s BC had
52M
by 1960s BS had
Correct Answers
opening of 20th century
-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
founding of American Medical Association (AMA)
AMA
-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
-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
demand for therapeutics fueled by the civil war
,1861
founding U.S. nursing corps
nursing corps
-created ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
-established hierarchy of treatment stations to type of hospital facilities
1899
founding of association of hospital superintendents
Association of hospital superintendents became
American hospital association (AHA)
1900
adoption of the Bertillon or International List of Causes of Death
Bertillon or International List of Causes of death
-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
-providing health care coverage
-building the American health care infrastructure
1811
, access to health care for members of the military, vets, and fam had become a public sector
initiative
1910
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
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
the U.S. entering WW2 w/ caps on wages
1940s
BCBS unified
BCBS together served
24M, 81 hospital plans 44 med plans
by 1960s BC had
52M
by 1960s BS had
