About the Authors

Asgar Aghaei Hashjin

asgar_aghaeihashjin@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Hamid Ravaghi

Affiliations Health Management and Economic Research Center, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Dionne S. Kringos

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Uzor C. Ogbu

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Claudia Fischer

Affiliations Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Saeid Reza Azami

Affiliation Development and Supervision Management of Public Affairs, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran

Niek S. Klazinga

Affiliation Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAH NSK. Performed the experiments: AAH HR NSK DSK SRA. Analyzed the data: AAH NSK DSK UCO CF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAH NSK HR SRA UCO. Wrote the paper: AAH NSK DSK.