What was the impact of infrastructure on the healthcare industry in the middle of the twentieth century?
1. Development of the foundation for today's costly tests and treatments
2. Restriction of public immunizations and medications for communicable diseases
3. Social policy planning for health care expenditures
4. Decrease of hospital building and local resources for health care
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Explanation: 1. The massive infrastructure buildup of the mid-twentieth century resulted in the building of hospitals, development of vaccines, and the development of resources that enabled tests and treatments to be carried out, which laid the groundwork for today's diagnostic tests and treatments.
2. The development of vaccines led to public immunizations against contagious diseases such as polio.
3. Social planning policy for healthcare expenditures was a feature of the mid-twentieth century.
4. Hospital building increased during this time as a result of the Hill-Burton Act.
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