About the Authors

Amin Khademi

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

R. Scott Braithwaite

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University, New York City, New York, United States of America, Division of Comparative Effectiveness and Decision Sciences, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Denis Saure

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, Santiago, RM, Chile

Andrew J. Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kimberly Nucifora

Affiliation Division of Comparative Effectiveness and Decision Sciences, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine, New York City, New York, United States of America

Mark S. Roberts

mroberts@Pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK RSB AJS MSR. Performed the experiments: AK KN. Analyzed the data: AK RSB AJS MSR. Wrote the paper: AK RSB DS AJS KN MSR.