2026 D393 HISTORY OF HEALTHCARE IN
AMERICA EXAM BANK COMPLETE CURRENT
TESTING QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
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D393 HISTORY
Maximize your success on the D393 History of Healthcare in
America exam with focused preparation that strengthens your
understanding of the evolution of medical practices, healthcare
policy, public health initiatives, and the socioeconomic forces
that have shaped the U.S. healthcare system. It is specifically
designed for healthcare administration and public health
students to demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of
American healthcare.
A facility to isolate people with contagious diseases from the
rest of society ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Pest House
poorhouse - an institution to care for poor people typically
run by religious leaders with little to no medical/patient care
training ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Almshouse
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a prestigious medical facility that treats individuals of wealth
and means ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Royal hospital
The three things the US healthcare system must balance in
pursuit of the Triple Aim ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... 1.
Reduced per capita costs
2. Improved patient experience
3. Fair and equitable access to healthcare
In healthcare, the ability of providers and organizations to
effectively deliver services that meet the social, cultural, and
linguistic needs of patients ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Cultural competence
The field focusing on cognitive, psychological, social, and
cultural aspects of people's economic decision making ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Behavioral economics
States that healthcare is a product for purchase and is
therefore subject to the principles of economic theory
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(supply and demand) ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Market
justice theory
Sees healthcare as a social good that should not be subject
to strict economic principles, rather everyone should have
access to care regardless of their ability to pay. This theory
recognizes a shared responsibility for the health of the
community and factors outside the individual's control ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Social justice theory
10 factors affecting health status ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
1. Access to healthcare services 6. Social Support Networks
2. Income and social status 7. Culture
3. Education 8. Genetics
4. Physical Environment 9. Personal behavior and coping
skills
5. Employment and Working Conditions 10. Biological sex
First physician ever mentioned. 2600BC Ancient Egypt ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Imhotep
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Inventor of smallpox vaccination 1796 ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Edward Jenner
First female physician in the US 1849 ✓ ✓...... ANSWER
....... Elizabeth Blackwell
Develops antiseptic surgery 1865 ✓ ✓...... ANSWER .......
Joseph Lister
Scottish scientist who discovers penicillin and its use as an
antibiotic 1928 ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Alexander
Fleming
Considered the oldest hospital in the US which grew out of
an almshouse in 1736 ✓ ✓...... ANSWER ....... Bellevue
Hospital
Two of the modern United States' oldest hospitals founded
in 1722 and 1736 respectively. One was for the treatment of
the wealthy while the other the treatment of the poor ✓
✓...... ANSWER ....... Royal Hospital and Charity Hospital