*Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
†Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
‡Veteran Affairs Ann Arbor Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
§Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
¶University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan; and
||University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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All authors were involved in the conception and design of the study, data acquisition and analysis, drafting of the manuscript, and approval of the final version to be published.
Dr. Ervin is funded by the National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K12HL138039). Dr. Krein is supported by a VA Research Career Scientist Award (RCS 11-222). Dr. Friese was supported by the National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA 46592. Dr. Ghaferi is supported through grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (Grant #: 5K08HS02362 and P30HS024403) and a Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute Award (CE-1304-6596).
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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