About the Authors

Ebtesam Tamer

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Public Health, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Donald R. Hoover

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Statistics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Margaret V. McDonald

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Kira G. Sheldon

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Felix Vasquez

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Home Care Policy & Research, VNS Health, New York, New York, United States of America

Maryam Gaibi

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation VNS Health Hospice Care, New York, New York, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Luth

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

eal133@rwjms.rutgers.edu

Affiliations Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.