About the Authors

Ariel Esteban Bardach

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

abardach@iecs.org.ar

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Carolina Palermo

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

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tomás Alconada

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

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Macarena Sandoval

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

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Darío Javier Balan

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

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Javier Nieto Guevara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jorge Gómez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation GSK, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Agustin Ciapponi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: AB, AC, TA, CP, MS, and DB received grant support from GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA, which funded the development and publication of this article. JG and JN are employees of GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.