About the Authors
- Mercè Comas
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* E-mail: mcomas@parcdesalutmar.cat
Affiliations Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain
- Joan Mendivil
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Affiliation CPS Market Access, Roche Diagnostics International Ltd., Rotkreuz, Switzerland
- Montserrat Andreu
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Affiliations IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Gastroenterology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
- Cristina Hernández
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Affiliations Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Xavier Castells
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Affiliations Epidemiology and Evaluation Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain, IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain, Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Barcelona, Spain
Competing Interests
Author JM received funding from Roche Diagnostics International Ltd., a commercial company, for this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: MC JM MA CH XC. Data curation: MC CH. Formal analysis: MC. Funding acquisition: MC MA XC. Investigation: MC JM MA CH XC. Methodology: MC JM MA CH XC. Project administration: MC XC. Resources: MC CH XC. Software: MC CH. Supervision: MC XC. Validation: MC JM MA CH XC. Visualization: MC JM. Writing – original draft: MC JM MA CH XC. Writing – review & editing: MC JM MA CH XC.