Fig. 1

Location of Participating Vanderbilt Health Affiliate Network sites serving rural counties within the VICC Catchment area. This figure illustrates the study’s catchment area throughout Tennessee and Mississippi, including a distinction between rural versus non-rural counties. Each number represents the location of one of nine participating hospitals through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN), including seven through the Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation and two through Ballad Health. This figure was created by the authors specifically for this clinical trial protocol