About the Authors

Panagiotis Kasteridis

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Anne Mason

anne.mason@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Maria Goddard

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Rowena Jacobs

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Rita Santos

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Beatriz Rodriguez-Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, SOM Research Institute, University of Groningen, 9700 AV Groningen, The Netherlands

Gerard McGonigal

Affiliation Department of Medicine for the Elderly, York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM PK MG RJ. Performed the experiments: PK AM RS. Analyzed the data: PK AM RS. Wrote the paper: AM MG PK RJ RS BR GM. Clinical expertise: GM. Policy expertise: AM MG. Statistical expertise: PK RJ RS. Evidence review: BR AM.