A5054070929- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Psychology of Social Influence
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Johns Hopkins University
2021-2022
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2021-2022
Objective This study aims to characterise and evaluate the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) grant allocation speed pattern COVID-19 research. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting NIH RePORTER Dataset was used identify relevant grants. Participants 1108 grants allocated Main outcomes measures The primary outcome determine number funding amount for by research type clinical/scientific area. secondary calculate time from opportunity announcement award notice date. Results awarded a...
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 surgeon level in order to reduce post-surgical opioid overprescribing accordance with consensus guidelines.We used 2017 Medicare data identify outlier surgeons. A peer benchmarking report that showed each average number tablets they prescribed open inguinal hernia repair procedure from January 1, December 31, 2017. conducted...
This study aims to characterise and evaluate the largest 100 hospitals in USA that have adopted aggressive collection tactics pursue patients with unpaid medical bills, such as lawsuits, wage garnishments liens. Cross-sectional study. We examined state county court record systems measure magnitude prevalence of these practices at UA between 1 January 2018 31 July 2020. The main outcome this was number A secondary characterisation a hospital's safety, charitability, size financial practices....
Abstract Objective This study aims to characterize and evaluate the NIH’s grant allocation pattern of COVID-19 research. Design Cross sectional Setting NIH RePORTER Dataset was used identify relevant grants. Participants 1,108 grants allocated Main Outcomes Measures The primary outcome determine number funding amount for by research type clinical/scientific area. secondary calculate time from opportunity announcement award notice date. Results awarded a total 56,169 in 2020, which 2.0%...