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 coun...

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Autores principales: Hashim, Farah, Hennayake, Sanuri, Walsh, Christi M, Dun, Chen, Paturzo, Joseph Giuseppe, Das, Indrani G, Stewart, Emily A, Vervoort, Dominique, Teinor, Jonathan A, Schochet, Morissa A, Keslar, Allyson, Bai, Ge, Makary, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Health Services Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9274508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35820764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060501

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9274508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35820764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060501

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