About the Authors

Anthony C. Waddimba

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

waddimba@gmail.com, Anthony.Waddimba@bswhealth.org

Affiliations Baylor Scott and White Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Health Systems Science, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

David C. Mohr

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research (CHOIR), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Howard B. Beckman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departments of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine & Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Common Ground Health, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mark M. Meterko

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Law, Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Performance Measurement, VA Office of Analytics and Business Intelligence (OABI), Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.