About the Authors

Fabian D. Liechti

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

fabian.liechti@med.unibe.ch

Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Lukas Bütikofer

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

Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Marco Mancinetti

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hôpital Cantonal de Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, Medical Education Unit, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Joerg D. Leuppi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Kantonsspital Baselland, University Clinic of Medicine, Liestal, Switzerland

Daniel Genné

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Biel Hospital Centre, Biel, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Gregor John

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals and University of Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Medicine, Neuchâtel Hospital Network, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Jacques D. Donzé

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

Affiliations Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Medicine, Neuchâtel Hospital Network, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Internal Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JDL is supported by grants from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF 160072 and 185592) as well as by Swiss Personalised Health Network (SPHN 2018DR108). JDL has also re-ceived unrestricted grants from AstraZeneca AG Switzerland, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH Switzerland, GSK AG Switzerland and Novartis AG Switzerland. JDD is supported by Swiss National Science Foundation (grant number 170656). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.