1. Walid F. Gellad ( ) is a staff physician at the Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, a researcher with the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and an adjunct scientist at RAND, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
2. Julie M. Donohue is an associate professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
3. Xinhua Zhao is a research health scientist at the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System.
4. Yuting Zhang is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
5. Jessica S. Banthin is a senior adviser in the Division of Health and Human Resources, Congressional Budget Office, in Washington, D.C.