About the Authors
- Hanna Merk
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* E-mail: hanna.merk@smi.se
Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Analysis and Prevention, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Sharon Kühlmann-Berenzon
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Affiliation Department of Analysis and Prevention, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Christin Bexelius
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Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, OptumInsight, Stockholm, Sweden
- Sven Sandin
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Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Jan-Eric Litton
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Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Annika Linde
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Affiliation Department of Analysis and Prevention, Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
- Olof Nyrén
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Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author Christin Bexelius is affiliated to OptumInsight which is a consultancy company within health economy and outcome research. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content and gave final approval of the version to be published: HM SKB CB SS JEL AL ON. Conceived and designed the experiments: HM ON SKB AL. Performed the experiments: HM ON SKB. Analyzed the data: HM SKB. Wrote the paper: HM ON.