About the Authors

Wei-Hsuan Lo-Ciganic

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

wlociganic@cop.ufl.edu

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety (CoDES), College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

James L. Huang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes & Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Center for Drug Evaluation and Safety (CoDES), College of Pharmacy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Hao H. Zhang

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jeremy C. Weiss

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

C. Kent Kwoh

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Julie M. Donohue

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Management, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Adam J. Gordon

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences Center, Salt Lake City VA Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Gerald Cochran

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge, and Advocacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Daniel C. Malone

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Courtney C. Kuza

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Walid F. Gellad

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing, Health Policy Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United Sates of America, Center for Health Equity Research Promotion, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

We have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Kwoh has received honoraria from AbbVie and EMD Serono and has provided consulting services for Astellas, Thusane, and Novartis, EMD Serono and Express Scripts. I confirm that this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.