About the Authors
- William Whittaker
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* E-mail: William.Whittaker@manchester.ac.uk
Affiliation Manchester Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Laura Anselmi
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Affiliation Manchester Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Søren Rud Kristensen
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Affiliation Manchester Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Yiu-Shing Lau
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Affiliation Manchester Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Simon Bailey
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Affiliation Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Peter Bower
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Affiliation NIHR School for Primary Care Research Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Katherine Checkland
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Affiliation National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Greater Manchester, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Rebecca Elvey
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Affiliation National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Greater Manchester, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Katy Rothwell
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Affiliation National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care Greater Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom
- Jonathan Stokes
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Affiliation NIHR Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
- Damian Hodgson
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Affiliation Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
All authors have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: funding support from NIHR and from NHS England for this work; KC and WW report grant funding for other work from the Department of Health Policy Research Programme; YSL reports fees for other work from the Department of Health.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: WW SRK LA DH PB SB KC KR. Performed the experiments: LA SRK WW. Analyzed the data: LA SRK WW JS YSL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LA SRK WW RE JS. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: WW. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WW SRK LA DH PB SB KC KR RE JS. Agree with the manuscript’s results and conclusions: WW LA SRK YSL SB PB KC RE KR JS DH. All authors have read, and confirm that they meet, ICMJE criteria for authorship.