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Current affiliation for Mroz: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Supported in part by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation Dissertation Research Grant Program. The funder had no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.
Disclosures: T.M. Mroz reports grants from American Occupational Therapy Foundation (during the conduct of the study). B. Leff is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Home Care Medicine, a member of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation, and served as cochair of the Institute of Medicine's “Future of Home Health Care” workshop (September-October 2014). The other authors have nothing to disclose.
