About the Authors

Yusi Gong

Contributed equally to this work with: Yusi Gong, Taylor P. Trentadue

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) and the Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Taylor P. Trentadue

Contributed equally to this work with: Yusi Gong, Taylor P. Trentadue

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) and the Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Swastina Shrestha

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) and the Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elena Losina

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) and the Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Section of Clinical Sciences, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jamie E. Collins

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jcollins13@bwh.harvard.edu

Affiliations Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research (OrACORe) and the Policy and Innovation eValuation in Orthopaedic Treatments (PIVOT) Center, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Orthopedics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Losina is a Deputy Editor for Methodology and Biostatistics for the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery and is a consultant for Samumed, LLC. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.