About the Authors

Patrick Richard

Current address: Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Kristina West

Affiliation Department of Health Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Leighton Ku

lku@gwu.edu

Affiliation Center for Health Policy Research, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: PR KW LK. Wrote the paper: PR LK.