MHA 707 Exam D – Questions and Correct
Answers
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students
(apprentices) - ANSWER >>>>>At the beginning of the 20th
century, health care in the United States was predominantly:
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
19th Century developments - ANSWER >>>>>-Began to
professionalize health care workforce 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
Medical "tool box" - ANSWER >>>>>-Vaccines and antitoxins,
which prevented childhood illnesses
-Medicines, such as insulin, which saved and extended life
-Surgery, which could cure dozens of conditions, aided by effective
anesthesia and the protection of aseptic techniques
-Increased
-access - ANSWER >>>>>With medicine's improved ability to cure
disease and treat chronic conditions, the demand for care
_________, as did its cost
In response, a major focus of health policy since the early 20th
century has been assuring _______to health care
Providing health care coverage
Building the American health care infrastructure - ANSWER
>>>>>Both public and private sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
Answers
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students
(apprentices) - ANSWER >>>>>At the beginning of the 20th
century, health care in the United States was predominantly:
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
19th Century developments - ANSWER >>>>>-Began to
professionalize health care workforce 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
Medical "tool box" - ANSWER >>>>>-Vaccines and antitoxins,
which prevented childhood illnesses
-Medicines, such as insulin, which saved and extended life
-Surgery, which could cure dozens of conditions, aided by effective
anesthesia and the protection of aseptic techniques
-Increased
-access - ANSWER >>>>>With medicine's improved ability to cure
disease and treat chronic conditions, the demand for care
_________, as did its cost
In response, a major focus of health policy since the early 20th
century has been assuring _______to health care
Providing health care coverage
Building the American health care infrastructure - ANSWER
>>>>>Both public and private sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
