About the Authors

Brian K. Chen

bchen@mailbox.sc.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Y. Tony Yang

Affiliation College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, United States of America

Xi Cheng

Affiliation Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

John Bian

Affiliation South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence for Medication Safety and Efficacy, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Charles L. Bennett

Affiliation South Carolina Center of Economic Excellence for Medication Safety and Efficacy, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BC CB. Analyzed the data: BC XC. Wrote the paper: BC JB YY.