Historical Periods of the U.S Health Care System
This lasted from the middle of 18th century to the latter part of 19th century.
What is the preindustrial era?
This institution was used for isolation for people who contracted a contagious disease such as cholera, yellow fever, etc.
What is a pesthouse?
Anesthetic that was used for tooth extractions around 1846.
What is Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)?
The first-broad coverage health-insurance that used cash payments to workers for wages lost due to injuries and diseases on the job.
What is worker's compensation?
A physician in family medicine, general internal medicine, or pediatrics
What is a generalist?
The second phase that began in the late 19th century.
What is the postindustrial era?
Health care was delivered in a free market and anyone could practice medicine.
What is Health Care delivery in the Preindustrial era?
The individual who performed antiseptic techniques during surgery in 1865.
Who is Joseph Lister?
They are both health insurance plans for teachers and to help pay for physicians' fees.
What is the Blue Cross and Blue Shield?
Main caregivers of the sick and injured patients that takes care of their emotional, physical, and mental need.
What are Nurses?
The era that happened in the late 20th century and there was a rise in medical corporations that changed the way health care was delivered.
What is the Corporate era?
It happened in the corporate era, where it became the global exchange of information and it provided the economic resources for the developing countries.
What is Globalization?
It is the sterilization techniques (boiling) to kill microorganisms to prevent contamination.
What is the germ theory of disease?
Insurance that covers the elderly, non-elderly disable persons, and contains Part A, B, C, and D medical care.
What is Medicare?
In the U.S, the ratio is approximately 38% of physicians are generalists to 62% are specialists.
What is the percent ratio of generalists to specialists?
This is to expand health insurance to the uninsured through the government policies.
What is Health Care Reform?
Created a reliance on specialized skills of paid professionals that separated people from family-based care.
What is Urbanization?
An advancement in diagnostics and imaging which led to the use of x-rays.
What is Radiology?
It covers the poor and is based on social standing, income, and varies from state to state.
What is Medicaid?
They must be licensed to practice and have their doctor of dental surgery (DDS) or doctor of dental medicine (DMD). In addition, they must complete both written and practical examination successfully.
What are the practice requirements for Dentists?
It is a greater utilization of health care services that will influence a demand of health care professionals.
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
This organization helped in protecting the various medical professions in the health care system.
What is the American Medical Association (AMA)?
Aseptic technique that was used to lower the death rate of puerperal fever among women after childbirth.
What is the policy of handwashing?
This was used to compensated for the loss of raises in salaries during World War II and to create an incentive for the employee.
What is employee-based insurance?
An individual that focuses on the whole community and looks at issues like access to health care, infectious disease control, and violence and injury issues.
What is a Public Health Professional?