About the Authors

Sabina S. Alistar

sabina-alistar@stanfordalumni.org

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Douglas K. Owens

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Center for Health Policy and the Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Margaret L. Brandeau

Affiliation Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

DKO received an honorarium from Quintiles to prepare a continuing medical education lecture about HIV screening. No other competing interests have been declared.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SSA DKO MLB. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: SSA DKO MLB. Designed the experiments/the study: SSA DKO MLB. Analyzed the data: SSA. Wrote the first draft of the paper: SSA. Contributed to the writing of the paper: SSA DKO MLB. Designed the model and identified/collected the parameters for the model: SSA. Helped conceptualize the design of the analysis: DKO. Helped define the research topic and develop the modeling methodology: MLB.