About the Authors

Shari S. Rogal

rogalss@upmc.edu

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert M. Arnold

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael Chapko

Affiliation Seattle Center of Innovation for Veteran-Centered and Value-Driven Care, Veteran’s Administration Healthcare Service, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Barbara V. Hanusa

Affiliation Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ada Youk

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Galen E. Switzer

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary Ann Sevick

Affiliation Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Nichole K. Bayliss

Affiliation Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carolyn L. Zook

Affiliation School of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Alexis Chidi

Affiliation Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David S. Obrosky

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Susan L. Zickmund

Affiliations Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Veteran’s Administration, Pittsburgh Healthcare Service, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

Gilead Sciences is currently providing research funding for an investigator-initiated study to the VA for a project being completed by SSR and SLZ. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSR RAA MC BVH AY GES MAS NKB CLZ AC DSO SLZ. Performed the experiments: NKB CLZ SLZ. Analyzed the data: SSR BVH AY AC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY SSR. Wrote the paper: SSR RAA MC BVH AY GES MAS NKB CLZ AC DSO SLZ.