About the Authors

Marcus A. Bachhuber

marcus.bachhuber@gmail.com

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Emma E. McGinty

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Alene Kennedy-Hendricks

Affiliation Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America

Jeff Niederdeppe

Affiliation Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Colleen L. Barry

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, United States of America, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. This work was partly funded by an unrestricted research grant from American International Group, Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB EM AKH JN CB. Performed the experiments: MB EM AKH JN CB. Analyzed the data: MB EM AKH JN CB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB EM AKH JN CB. Wrote the paper: MB EM AKH JN CB.