About the Authors

Ludovic Reveiz

reveizl@paho.org

Affiliation Health Systems Based on Primary Health Care, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington D.C., United States of America

Stephanie Sangalang

Affiliation Health Systems Based on Primary Health Care, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington D.C., United States of America

Demian Glujovsky

Affiliation Argentine Cochrane Centre - Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carlos E. Pinzon

Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, Colombia

Claudia Asenjo Lobos

Affiliation Centro Rehabilitación Oral Avanzada e Implantología (CRAI) Universidad de Concepción (Centro Adherido Chileno de la Red Cochrane Iberoamericana), Santiago, Chile

Marcela Cortes

Affiliation Chilean Branch of the Iberoamerican Cochrane Network, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Santiago, Chile

Martin Cañón

Affiliation Facultad de Medicina, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, Colombia

Ariel Bardach

Affiliation Argentine Cochrane Centre - Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy (IECS), Buenos Aires, Argentina

Xavier Bonfill

Affiliation Iberoamerican Cochrane Centre. Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute (IIB-Sant Pau), The Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP) - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they do not have any conflict of interest. The views expressed by authors reflect their personal expert views and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policy of their employers. Ludovic Reveiz is a PhD candidate at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Stephanie Sangalang contributed to the project during her internship at the Pan-American Health Organization.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR. Performed the experiments: LR SS DG CEP CAL M.Cortes M.Cañón AB XB. Analyzed the data: LR SS DG CEP CAL M.Cortes M.Cañón AB XB. Wrote the paper: LR SS DG CEP CAL M.Cortes M.Cañón AB XB.