Description
Complete the following timeline.
Select five events between 1900 and the present that have helped shape health care as it is today. Write a 50- to 100-word summary per event that analyzes the causes and effects of the event, focusing on the Iron Triangle of cost, access, and quality of care. An example has been provided for you.
Provide a reference.
Health Care Through the Years
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Date |
Event and Significance |
1870-1889 |
In order to keep their employees healthy and able to work, employers began to provide employee health care. Companies in several industries, including mining, lumber, and railroads, developed group industrial clinics with plans that prepaid doctors a fixed monthly fee to provide medical care to employees for industrial accidents and common illnesses. This increased the availability of care, and also gave the employees less expensive, higher-quality care than they could afford on their own. While it was not health care as we know it, this set the stage for companies becoming involved in the well-being of their employees. |