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The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available in the Department of Veterans Affairs repository upon request.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Funding
This work was supported by a Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Partnered Evaluation Initiative (PEC 18-206) from the United States (U.S.) Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development Service of the VA Office of Research and Development awarded to Dr. Matthieu, and the VA VISN 16 and an Office of Rural Health funding awarded to the senior author (Kimberly Garner, MD, JD). This project was also supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Rural Health, Office of Care Management and Social Work Service, and the South-Central Mental Illness, Clinical, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC). The Central Arkansas Veterans Health Care System, North Little Rock, Arkansas, provided infrastructure resources.
Authors’ contributions
JP: made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, drafted the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
RR: drafted the work, substantively revised the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
MM: made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, drafted the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
CO: drafted the work, substantively revised the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
DA: drafted the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
KG: made substantial contributions to the conception of the work, approved the submitted version, and agreed both to be personally accountable for the author's own contributions and to ensure that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work, even ones in which the author was not personally involved, are appropriately investigated, resolved, and the resolution documented in the literature.
All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Acknowledgements
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The authors are grateful for the many contributions of the ACP-GV team, which includes Melissa J. Harding, Bo Hu, Jamie L. Jensen, Mary J. Mallory, Lisa M. Nabholz, Songthip T. Ounpraseuth, Shane D. Russell, Julie M. Smith, Robin M. Smith, Laura Taylor, Angie D. Waliski, Alton J. Withers, James S. Williams, and Jack A. Woods.