About the Authors

Christine Ritchie

Christine.ritchie@ucsf.edu (CR); Deborah.barnes@ucsf.edu (DEB)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tideswell at UCSF, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Robin Andersen

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jessica Eng

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sarah K. Garrigues

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tideswell at UCSF, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gina Intinarelli

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Helen Kao

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Suzanne Kawahara

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tideswell at UCSF, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kanan Patel

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tideswell at UCSF, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lisa Sapiro

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Anne Thibault

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Erika Tunick

Affiliation UCSF Health, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Deborah E. Barnes

Christine.ritchie@ucsf.edu (CR); Deborah.barnes@ucsf.edu (DEB)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Tideswell at UCSF, Division of Geriatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Research Service, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR JE SKG GI SK DEB. Performed the experiments: CR RA JE SKG GI HK LS AT ET. Analyzed the data: KP DEB. Wrote the paper: CR RA JE SKG GI HK SK KP LS AT ET DEB.