About the Authors

Michael M. Havranek

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

michael.havranek@unilu.ch

Affiliation Competence Center for Health Data Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Aleksandra Bosancic

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

Affiliation Competence Center for Health Data Science, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Esther Ammann

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

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Balthasar L. Hug

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MH provides consulting and analysis services regarding quality indicator analyses for the non-profit organization called Swiss National Association for Quality Development in Hospitals and Clinics (ANQ), and their software partner LOGEX. However, these organizations were not involved in either the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of the study, or the writing and publication of this manuscript. The organizations did not provide funding or compensation related to any of the work reported in the manuscript. Finally, it does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.