Stephen S. Farnsworth Mick is professor in the Department of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the former departmental chair and holder of the Authur Graham Glasgow Endowed Chair. He received his BA degree in psychology (1965) from Stanford University and his MPhil (1972) and PhD (1973) degrees in sociology from Yale University. Mick taught sociology at Middlebury College; he also taught public health and health care organization and management at Yale University, Oklahoma University, the University of Washington, the Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Michigan. He is an affiliate professor at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, in Lyon, France.

Patrick D. Shay is assistant professor in the Department of Health Care Administration at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his BS degree in business administration (2003) and MS degree in health care administration (2005) from Trinity University. Shay has taught health care organization and services at Virginia Commonwealth University. Before his doctoral studies, he worked as a health care administrator for a post–acute care system in Texas.