About the Authors

Gisela Kobelt

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

gk@healtheconomics.se

Affiliation European Health Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

Vanessa Teich

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sense Company, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcela Cavalcanti

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Sense Company, São Paulo, Brazil

Ana Maria Canzonieri

Roles Project administration

Affiliation Associação Brasileira de Esclerose Múltipla (ABEM), São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: G Kobelt has provided consulting and speaking services in the field of Multiple Sclerosis to Almirall, Bayer, Biogen, Merck-Serono, Novartis, Oxford PharmaGenesis, Roche, SanofiGenzyme and Teva. V Teich has provided consulting services to Abbvie, Astellas, Astrazeneca, Biogen, Bioverativ, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genomic Health, Gilead, Janssen, Libbs, Lilly, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Roche, Servier, Shire, Takeda, Teva, Vertex and Zambon, and at the time of the study, was an employee of Sense Company. M Cavalcanti has provided consulting services to Biogen, Lilly and Roche, and at the time of this study, was an employee of Sense Company. Ana Maria Canzonieri has no competing interests. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.