About the Authors
- Salla A Munro
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: salla.munro@mrc.ac.za
Affiliations South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa , Primary Health Care Directorate, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa , Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
- Simon A Lewin
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Affiliations Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa , Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
- Helen J Smith
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Affiliation International Health Group, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Mark E Engel
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Affiliations South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa , Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Atle Fretheim
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Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway
- Jimmy Volmink
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Affiliations South African Cochrane Centre, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa , University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
SAM, SAL, MEE, AF, and JV developed the protocol and conceptualised the study. All authors participated in data extraction, quality assessment tool development, quality assessment and in retrieving the studies. SAM, SAL, and HJS analysed the data, with later analysis supported by all authors. SAM wrote the initial draft; SAM, SAL, and HJS edited the manuscript; and all authors contributed to the final draft.