About the Authors

Hassan Assareh

h.assareh@unsw.edu.au

Affiliations Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Epidemiology, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Lixin Ou

Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jack Chen

Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Kenneth Hillman

Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Arthas Flabouris

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Stephanie J. Hollis

Affiliation Simpson Centre for Health Services Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation & South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

N/A. Conceived and designed the experiments: HA JC AF KH. Performed the experiments: HA LO JC. Analyzed the data: HA LO JC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HA JC AF SH. Wrote the paper: HA JC AF KH SH.