About the Authors

Gemma Vilagut

Affiliations Health Services Research Group, IMIM (Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

Carlos G. Forero

cgarcia@imim.es (CGF); jalonso@imim.es (JA)

Affiliations Health Services Research Group, IMIM (Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

Gabriela Barbaglia

Affiliations Health Services Research Group, IMIM (Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain, Department of Assessment, Agència de Qualitat I Avaluació Sanitàries de Catalunya (AQuAS), Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Alonso

cgarcia@imim.es (CGF); jalonso@imim.es (JA)

Affiliations Health Services Research Group, IMIM (Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques), Barcelona, Spain, CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS), Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GV CGF JA. Performed the experiments: GV CGF JA GB. Analyzed the data: GV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GV CGF JA GB. Wrote the paper: GV CGF JA. Critically reviewed all versions of the manuscript and made valuable contributions: GB.