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Received: 30 April 2018

Accepted: 7 May 2018

First Online: 23 May 2018

Authors’ information

: SW is a PhD candidate in Health Services Research and Policy in the Department of Health Policy at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her main research interests are in the care of older adults, with much of her work in risk measurement and its impact on financing policies for programs covering the elderly.BL is a Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also holds joint appointment in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is an internationally recognized leader and researcher in the development, evaluation, and dissemination of novel models of care for older adults, including the Hospital at Home, Guided Care, geriatric service line models and medical house call practices. His research interests extend to issues related to multi-morbidity, measurement, and case-mix issues. He has a strong interest in health policy issues and was a Health and Aging Policy Fellow of the American Political Science Association.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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