About the Authors

Marie M. Bismark

Affiliation From the Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Andrew J. Gogos

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Richard B. Clark

Affiliation From the Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Russell L. Gruen

Affiliation National Trauma Research Institute and The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Atul A. Gawande

Affiliation Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David M. Studdert

d.studdert@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations From the Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: MB DS. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MB DS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AJG RG AG. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: MB AJG RC RG AG DS. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MB AJG RC RG AAG DS. Coordinated the collection of data at Avant: RC.