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Assessing the effectiveness of recruitment interventions and strategies. Hospitals were asked to rate the effectiveness of various recruitment measures and strategies during the first wave of the pandemic using a scale of 1 (not very effective at all) to 5 (very effective). Data sets from 39 of the 41 participating hospitals were included in the analysis. Only those participating hospitals that provided a rating (from 1 to 5) were considered in determining the median