About the Authors

Fredric D. Wolinsky

fredric-wolinsky@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Mark W. Vander Weg

Affiliation Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

M. Bryant Howren

Affiliation Center for Comprehensive Access and Delivery Research and Evaluation, Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michael P. Jones

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Megan M. Dotson

Affiliation College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FW MV-W MJ MH. Performed the experiments: FW MV-W MH MJ MD. Analyzed the data: FW MJ MV-W MH. Wrote the paper: FW MV-W MH MJ MD. Study statistician: MJ. Project Coordinator: MD.