About the Authors

Evangelos Kontopantelis

e.kontopantelis@manchester.ac.uk

Affiliations Centre for Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centre for Health Informatics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David A. Springate

Affiliations Centre for Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David Reeves

Affiliations Centre for Primary Care, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Centre for Biostatistics, Institute of Population Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK DR. Analyzed the data: EK. Wrote the paper: EK. Extracted the data: EK DS. Performed the statistical analyses: EK. Edited the manuscript: DR DS.