About the Authors

Ray Moynihan

raymoynihan@bond.edu.au

Affiliation Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Rebecca Sims

Affiliation Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Jolyn Hersch

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Rae Thomas

Affiliation Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Paul Glasziou

Affiliation Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Kirsten McCaffery

Affiliation School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RM and PG are involved in a voluntary capacity in organizing the not-for-profit Preventing Overdiagnosis international scientific conferences. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: RM JH RT PG KM. Data curation: RM RS. Formal analysis: RM RS JH RT KM. Funding acquisition: RM JH PG KM. Investigation: RM RS RT PG. Methodology: RM JH RT PG KM. Project administration: RM RS RT. Supervision: RM PG KM. Writing – original draft: RM. Writing – review & editing: RM RS JH RT PG KM.