a Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
b Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Department of Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
c Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
d Departments of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
e Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
f Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD
*Correspondence address: Martin A Makary, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, CRB II, Suite 507, 1550 Orleans St, Baltimore, MD 21231
E-mail: [email protected]
Received November 10, 2009; revised January 20, 2010; accepted January 25, 2010.
Disclosure Information: Nothing to disclose.
Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (grant 1T32RR023253-01), and the National Institute of Aging, Older Americans Independence Center (grant P30 AG021334); the Johns Hopkins Center for Innovative Medicine for a Cosner Scholar; the American Geriatrics Society Jahnigen Scholars Program, The Hartford Foundation; and the American Federation of Aging, Research Training in Aging Program and the Mr and Mrs Chad and Nissa Richison Family Foundation.
