Describe the major trends in the evolution of health care services in the United States over the past 100 years.
What will be an ideal response?
• 1850–1900: Epidemics of acute infectious diseases affected large numbers of people en masse, with causes that were related to conditions of living (food, water, sanitation, housing, etc.).
• 1900–1941: Acute infectious diseases and other conditions affecting individuals required treatment rather than prevention. The arrival of the scientific era involved the beginning and rapid growth of the basic medical sciences and technology.
• 1941–1980: A shift occurred from an era of acute illness to chronic illness, with heart disease, cancer, and stroke being the classic model of illness. Health insurance developed as the primary vehicle of social organization.
• 1980–present: Broader definition of chronic illness included mental illness, genetic conditions, illness related to environmental hazards, and illness related to long-term lifestyle. Changes in health care financing transformed health care in the United States into an economically directed system rather than a clinically directed one.
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