MHA 707 EXAM D UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United States was
predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
,ANSWER✅✅✅Advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health
problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provided the start for
some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provided the start for some of the largest
names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅________in 1861 and the idea of
professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Created
ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments - CORRECT 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" - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Both public and private
sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
insufficient to luxurious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As a result, health care access varied for people in
different groups
Ranging from ____ to ____
Effective drug therapies and safer surgery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅____ and _____ motivated
reformers to extend the reach of professional medical attention to the entire population for the first
time
info - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Paying for health care services and therapeutics was a major issue
a cottage industry
Engaged in by physicians and their assistants, largely students (apprentices) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅At the beginning of the 20th century, health care in the United States was
predominantly:
When the 20th century opened: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Doctors were mostly solo practitioners
-Hospitals were single, independent entities, mostly non-profit
History of Incremental Change: 1900-2010 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA)
Founding of the American Medical Association (AMA) - CORRECT 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) - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
,ANSWER✅✅✅Advances that made practice of medicine more successful in treating health
problems
Improvements in surgery made during the Civil War - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provided the start for
some of the largest names in the modern pharmaceutical industry: Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb
Wyeth, Pfizer, and Squibb - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Provided the start for some of the largest
names in the modern pharmaceutical industry:
Founding of the U.S. Nursing Corps - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅________in 1861 and the idea of
professional nursing and its importance to medical care
Development of the Ambulance Corps during the Civil War - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Created
ambulance-to-emergency room system we know today
Established hierarchy of treatment stations to types of hospital facilities
1899 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Predecessor of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
Brought some standards and criteria in the study of diseases
19th Century developments - CORRECT 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" - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT 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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Both public and private
sectors were involved in:
1)____
2)____
insufficient to luxurious - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As a result, health care access varied for people in
different groups
Ranging from ____ to ____
Effective drug therapies and safer surgery - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅____ and _____ motivated
reformers to extend the reach of professional medical attention to the entire population for the first
time
info - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Paying for health care services and therapeutics was a major issue
