About the Authors

Nathalie Vernaz

nathalie.vernaz@hcuge.ch

Affiliations Medical Direction, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Finance Direction, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

François Girardin

Affiliations Medical Direction, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Nicolas Goossens

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Urs Brügger

Affiliation Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Marco Riguzzi

Affiliation Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Arnaud Perrier

Affiliations Medical Direction, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of General Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Francesco Negro

Affiliation Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and of Clinical Pathology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

Nathalie Vernaz has no conflict of interest. François Girardin has no conflict of interest. Nicolas Goossens has no conflict of interest. Urs Brügger has no conflict of interest. Marco Riguzzi has no conflict of interest. Arnaud Perrier has no conflict of interest. Francesco Negro is Advisor for Gilead, AbbVie, MSD, Bristol Myers Squibb, has received research support from Gilead and travel grants from Gilead, AbbVie, and Bristol Myers Squibb. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NV FG NG FN. Performed the experiments: NV MR. Analyzed the data: NV FG NG UB MR AP FN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NV FG NG UB MR AP FN. Wrote the paper: NV FG NG UB MR AP FN.