About the Authors

Brigitte Wirth

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

Affiliation Integrative Spinal Research Group, Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Balgrist University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Michael Stucki

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Reto Joerg

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

Affiliation Swiss Health Observatory, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Christoph Thommen

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Marc Höglinger

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

marc.hoeglinger@zhaw.ch

Affiliation Winterthur Institute of Health Economics, School of Management and Law, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.