Characteristics of US hospitals using extraordinary collections actions against patients for unpaid medical bills: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aims to characterise and evaluate the largest 100 hospitals in the USA that have adopted aggressive collection tactics to pursue patients with unpaid medical bills, such as lawsuits, wage garnishments and liens.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: We examined state and county court record systems to measure the magnitude and prevalence of these practices at the largest 100 hospitals in the UA between 1 January 2018 and 31 July 2020.

A Peer Data Benchmarking Intervention to Reduce Opioid Overprescribing: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: Driving physician behavior change has been an elusive goal for quality improvement efforts aimed at reducing low-value care. We proposed the use of "nudge" interventions at the surgeon level in order to reduce post-surgical opioid overprescribing in accordance with consensus guidelines.

Methods: We used 2017 Medicare data to identify outlier surgeons.

NIH funding of COVID-19 research in 2020: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: This study aims to characterise and evaluate the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) grant allocation speed and pattern of COVID-19 research.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: COVID-19 NIH RePORTER Dataset was used to identify COVID-19 relevant grants.