About the Authors

Jochen Profit

Affiliations Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Section of Neonatology, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Section of Health Services Research, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Diana Lee

Affiliation Harvard University, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

John A. Zupancic

Affiliations Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Neonatology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Newborn Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

LuAnn Papile

Affiliation Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Section of Neonatology, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cristina Gutierrez

Affiliation Mexican Ministry of Health, Economic Analysis Unit, México D.F., Mexico

Sue J. Goldie

Affiliations Harvard University, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Health Decision Science, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eduardo Gonzalez-Pier

Affiliation Fundación Mexicana para la Salud, México D.F., Mexico

Joshua A. Salomon

jsalomon@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliations Harvard University, Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Health Decision Science, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Global Health and Population, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Josh Salomon is a member of the PLoS Medicine Editorial Board.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JP DL JAZ LP CG SJG EGP JAS. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: JP DL JAZ LP CG SJG EGP JAS JAS. Designed the experiments/the study: JP JAZ JAS. Analyzed the data: JP DL JAS. Collected data/did experiments for the study: JP DL LP CG EGP JAS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: JP JAS. Assisted with approach and selection of data inputs; assisted with interpretation of results: JAZ. Developed the model: JP JAS. Contributed to revision of the paper: JP DL JAZ LP CG SJG EGP JAS. Contributed to the study design and identification of data requirements for the model: SJG.