About the Authors
- Christopher J. L. Murray
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* E-mail: cjlm@uw.edu
Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Joseph L. Dieleman
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Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Chunling Lu
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Affiliation Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Michael Hanlon
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Affiliation Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
CL and CM were authors of the previous analysis questioned by Batniji and Bendavid. All other authors declare no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Analyzed the data: JLD CL. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JLD MH CL CJLM. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: JLD MH CL CJLM. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: JLD MH CL CJLM.