About the Authors

Oliver Groene

oliver.groene@lshtm.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Red de investigación en servicios de salud en enfermedades crónicas REDISSEC, Barcelona, Spain

Onyebuchi A. Arah

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Niek S. Klazinga

Affiliation Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Cordula Wagner

Affiliations Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Paul D. Bartels

Affiliation Danish Clinical Registries, Aarhus, Denmark, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Solvejg Kristensen

Affiliation Danish Clinical Registries, Aarhus, Denmark, and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Florence Saillour

Affiliation Unité Méthodes Evaluation en Santé, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

Andrew Thompson

Affiliation School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Caroline A. Thompson

Affiliation Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute (PAMFRI), Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Holger Pfaff

Affiliation Institute of Medical Sociology, Health Services Research and Rehabilitation Science, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Maral DerSarkissian

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rosa Sunol

Affiliations Avedis Donabedian Research Institute (FAD), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Red de investigación en servicios de salud en enfermedades crónicas REDISSEC, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OG OAA NSK CW PDB SK FS AT CAT HP MD RS. Performed the experiments: OG OAA NSK CW PDB SK FS AT CAT HP MD RS. Analyzed the data: OAA CAT MD OG. Wrote the paper: OG OAA NSK CW PDB SK FS AT CAT HP MD RS.