1. Brystana G. Kaufman ( ) is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Policy and Management and a graduate research assistant with the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program at the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, both at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2. Kristin L. Reiter is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and a research fellow in the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program at the Sheps Center, both at UNC-Chapel Hill.
3. George H. Pink is the Humana Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and a senior research fellow in the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program at the Sheps Center, both at UNC-Chapel Hill.
4. George M. Holmes is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management and director of the North Carolina Rural Health Research Program at the Sheps Center, both at UNC-Chapel Hill.