About the Authors

Evelien de Vos-Kerkhof

Affiliation Department of general pediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Ruud G. Nijman

Affiliation Department of general pediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Yvonne Vergouwe

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Center for Medical Decision Making, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Suzanne Polinder

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Ewout W. Steyerberg

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Center for Medical Decision Making, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Johan van der Lei

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Henriëtte A. Moll

Affiliation Department of general pediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Rianne Oostenbrink

r.oostenbrink@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of general pediatrics, ErasmusMC-Sophia Children’s Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EVK RGN YV EWS JL HAM RO. Performed the experiments: EVK RGN RO. Analyzed the data: EVK RGN YV SP HAM RO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EVK RGN YV SP EWS JL HAM RO. Wrote the paper: EVK RGN YV SP EWS JL HAM RO. Responsible for protocol development and obtaining funding: HAM RO. Responsible for the implementation of the study protocol, monitoring patient inclusion, collection of the data and data analysis: EVK RGN. Supervised the implementation of the study protocol, patient inclusion, data analysis and writing of the manuscript: RO HAM. Supervised protocol development and analysis and interpretation of the data: YV EWS. Responsible for the economic analysis: SP. Contributed protocol development, technical support, and data acquisition: JL.