Social events surrounding the Great Depression that had a major impact on American's emerging health care system included (Select all that apply.)
a. Blue Cross was developed as a prepaid health insurance plan.
b. large hospitals experienced increasing numbers of nonpaying patients.
c. many hospitals found their nursing schools too expensive to operate.
d. nurses were hired in hospitals in increasing numbers.
e. religious orders began supplying trained nurses, cutting the cost of nursing.
A, B, C, D
The development of Blue Cross helped hospitals' financial stability by providing patients who were able to pay for care.
Large hospitals, particularly those in cities, experienced more patients who needed medical care but were unable to afford it because of the economic hardships of the Depression.
A total of 570 training programs for nurses were closed because of prohibitive costs during the decade of the Depression.
As hospital care became more sophisticated, more nurses were hired as staff. By 1941, more than 100,000 registered nurses were employed in hospitals.
Religious orders did not provide trained nurses to hospitals to decrease the cost of the nursing staff.
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