About the Authors

Ben Parker

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

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Pontprennau, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Tom Ward

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

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Pontprennau, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Olivia Hayward

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

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Pontprennau, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Ian Jacob

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

ian.jacob@heor.co.uk (IJ); nicolas.x.van-de-velde@gsk.com (NVdV)

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, Pontprennau, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Erin Arthurs

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

Affiliation Health Economics & Outcomes Research, GlaxoSmithKline, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Debbie Becker

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

Affiliation Quadrant Health Economics Inc, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Sarah-Jane Anderson

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

Affiliation Value Evidence and Outcomes, GlaxoSmithKline, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Vasiliki Chounta

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

Affiliation Global Health Outcomes, ViiV Healthcare Ltd, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Nicolas Van de Velde

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

ian.jacob@heor.co.uk (IJ); nicolas.x.van-de-velde@gsk.com (NVdV)

Affiliation Global Health Outcomes, ViiV Healthcare Ltd, Brentford, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Potential conflicts of interest: SJA, VC and NVdV are shareholders in GlaxoSmithKline, parent company of ViiV Healthcare, the study sponsor. DB of Quadrant Health Economics provided paid consulting support to GlaxoSmithKline/ViiV Healthcare. SJA and EA are employed by GlaxoSmithKline, a parent company of ViiV Healthcare. NVdV and VC are employed by ViiV Healthcare. BP, TW, OH, IJ are employed by Health Economics and Outcomes Research Ltd, which received funding from ViiV Healthcare to conduct this research. These commercial affiliations do not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.