About the Authors

Richard Cookson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Luke Mondor

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Health System Performance Research Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Miqdad Asaria

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Dionne S. Kringos

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Niek S. Klazinga

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Walter P. Wodchis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

walter.wodchis@utoronto.ca

Affiliations Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Health System Performance Research Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Richard Cookson and Niek Klazinga declare they are members of the NHS Outcomes Framework Technical Advisory Group. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Miqdad Asaria, Walter Wodchis, Luke Mondor, and Dionne Kringos declare no competing interests.