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In the Civil Rights era of the 1960s and early 1970s, public opinion shifted towards the problem of the uninsured, especially the elderly. Since care for the elderly would someday affect everyone, supporters of health care reform were able to avoid the worst fears of "socialized medicine," which was considered a dirty word for its association ...
Serving monks and the local community, it represents early advancements in healthcare practices. [5] [6] Early Chinese and Japanese hospitals were established by Western missionaries in the 1800s [citation needed]. In the early modern era care and healing would transition into a secular affair in the West for many hospitals. [7]
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Infant mortality: Early 20th century rates were largely shaped by high infant mortality. The rate in 1900 was about 10% of newborns died--in some cities as many as 30%. [56] [57] [58] Infectious diseases: The death rate from infectious diseases--especially tuberculosis, influenza and pneumonia-- fell by 90% from 1900 to 1950
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[14] [15] [16] Studies from the late 1980s indicated that one-third to one-half of homeless people had severe psychiatric disorders, often co-occurring with substance abuse. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] A process of indirect cost-shifting may have led to a form of "re-institutionalization" through the increased use of jail detention for those with mental ...
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In the public sector virtually no patients remain in 19th-century mental hospitals; acute care is provided in general hospital units. Acute private care is still delivered in stand-alone psychiatric hospitals. [69] The Central Mental Hospital in Dublin is used as a secure psychiatric hospital for criminal offenders, with room for 84 patients.