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Understanding the Context of Health for Persons With Multiple Chronic Conditions: Moving From What Is the Matter to What Matters

Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Denise E. Bonds, Cynthia M. Boyd, Melinda M. Davis, Bruce Finke, Michael H. Fox, Russell E. Glasgow, Richard A. Goodman, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Sue Lachenmayr, Cristin Lind, Elizabeth A. Madigan, David S. Meyers, Suzanne Mintz, Wendy J. Nilsen, Sally Okun, Sarah Ruiz, Marcel E. Salive and Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2014, 12 (3) 260-269; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1643
Elizabeth A. Bayliss
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Denise E. Bonds
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Cynthia M. Boyd
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Melinda M. Davis
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Bruce Finke
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Michael H. Fox
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Russell E. Glasgow
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Richard A. Goodman
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Sue Lachenmayr
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Cristin Lind
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Elizabeth A. Madigan
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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David S. Meyers
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Suzanne Mintz
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Wendy J. Nilsen
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Sally Okun
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Sarah Ruiz
Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
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Marcel E. Salive
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Kurt C. Stange
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Article Information

vol. 12 no. 3 260-269
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1643
PubMed 
24821898

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication August 6, 2013
  • Revision received December 24, 2013
  • Accepted for publication January 30, 2014
  • Published online May 12, 2014.

Copyright & Usage 
© 2014 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

Author Information

  1. Elizabeth A. Bayliss, MD, MSPH,
  2. Denise E. Bonds, MD, MPH,
  3. Cynthia M. Boyd, MD, MPH,
  4. Melinda M. Davis, PhD,
  5. Bruce Finke, MD,
  6. Michael H. Fox, ScD,
  7. Russell E. Glasgow, PhD,
  8. Richard A. Goodman, MD, MPH,
  9. Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, PhD,
  10. Sue Lachenmayr, MPH, CHES,
  11. Cristin Lind, BA,
  12. Elizabeth A. Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN,
  13. David S. Meyers, MD,
  14. Suzanne Mintz, MS,
  15. Wendy J. Nilsen, PhD,
  16. Sally Okun, RN, MMHS,
  17. Sarah Ruiz, PhD,
  18. Marcel E. Salive, MD, MPH and
  19. Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD⇑
  1. Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO (Bayliss); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (Bonds); Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD (Boyd); Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, OR (Davis); Indian Health Services, Nashville, TN, and Baltimore, MD (Finke); Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Fox); National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Glasgow, Heurtin-Roberts); University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO (Glasgow); Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA (Goodman); National Council on Aging, Washington, DC (Lachenmayr, Ruiz); Patient/Caregiver Advocate, Boston, MA (Lind); Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (Lind); Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH (Madigan, Stange); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD (Meyers); Family Caregiver Advocacy, Kensington, MD (Mintz); Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD (Nilsen); PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA (Okun); University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Ruiz); National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD (Salive).
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Kurt C. Stange, MD, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, 11000 Cedar Ave, Suite 402, Cleveland, OH 44106, kcs{at}case.edu

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Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Denise E. Bonds, Cynthia M. Boyd, Melinda M. Davis, Bruce Finke, Michael H. Fox, Russell E. Glasgow, Richard A. Goodman, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Sue Lachenmayr, Cristin Lind, Elizabeth A. Madigan, David S. Meyers, Suzanne Mintz, Wendy J. Nilsen, Sally Okun, Sarah Ruiz, Marcel E. Salive, Kurt C. Stange
The Annals of Family Medicine May 2014, 12 (3) 260-269; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1643

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Elizabeth A. Bayliss, Denise E. Bonds, Cynthia M. Boyd, Melinda M. Davis, Bruce Finke, Michael H. Fox, Russell E. Glasgow, Richard A. Goodman, Suzanne Heurtin-Roberts, Sue Lachenmayr, Cristin Lind, Elizabeth A. Madigan, David S. Meyers, Suzanne Mintz, Wendy J. Nilsen, Sally Okun, Sarah Ruiz, Marcel E. Salive, Kurt C. Stange
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