About the Authors

Nirupama Krishnamurthi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joseph Francis

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Office of Reporting, Analytics, Performance Improvement and Deployment, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Stephan D. Fihn

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Craig S. Meyer

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Mary A. Whooley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

mary.whooley@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.