FREDERICK M. CHEN, MD, MPH JOHN HICKNER, MD, MS KENNETH S. FINK, MD, MGA, MPH JAMES M. GALLIHER, PHD HELEN BURSTIN, MD, MPH Leawood, Kansas, and Rockville, Maryland From the American Academy of Family Physicians National Network for Family Practice and Primary Care Research, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672 (J.H., J.M.G.); and the Center for Primary Care Research, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6010 Executive Blvd., Ste. 201, Rockville MD 20852 (F.M.C., H.B., K.S.F.). Address reprint requests to John Hickner, MD, MS, American Academy of Family Physicians National Network for Family Practice and Primary Care Research, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672. Email: John.Hickner@ht.msu.edu. Conflict of Interest: The authors report no competing interests.
Acknowledgments
The views expressed are those of the authors. No official endorsement by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality or the American Academy of Family Physicians is intended or should be inferred. This study was funded by AHRQ grant P20 HS11182-S. The authors thank Tom Stewart for his assistance with data collection, Phyllis Naragon and Jon Temte for conducting the focus groups, and Clark Hanmer for his assistance with data analysis and manuscript revisions.
