About the Authors

Jacob E. Kurlander

jkurland@umich.edu

‡ These authors are co-primary authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States of America

Arjun R. Sondhi

‡ These authors are co-primary authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Akbar K. Waljee

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, 48105, MI, United States of America

Stacy B. Menees

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, United States of America

Cathleen M. Connell

Affiliation Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 3790 SPH I, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States of America

Philip S. Schoenfeld

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, 48105, MI, United States of America

Sameer D. Saini

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, 2215 Fuller Rd, Ann Arbor, 48105, MI, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Kurlander has received unrestricted research funding from Ironwood Pharmaceuticals (https://www.ironwoodpharma.com/), and Dr. Schoenfeld serves as a consultant for Salix Pharmaceuticals (https://www.salix.com/). These do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JEK ARS AKW SBM CMC PSS SDS. Investigation: JEK ARS SDS. Methodology: JEK ARS AKW SBM CMC PSS SDS. Writing – original draft: JEK ARS SDS. Writing – review & editing: JEK ARS AKW SBM CMC PSS SDS.