About the Authors

Delphine S. Courvoisier

delphine.courvoisier@hcuge.ch

Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Thomas Agoritsas

Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Division of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Thomas V. Perneger

Affiliations Division of Clinical Epidemiology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Ralph E. Schmidt

Affiliation Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Stéphane Cullati

Affiliations Quality of Care Service, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Demographic and Life Course Studies, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DSC TA TVP RES SC. Performed the experiments: SC. Analyzed the data: SC DSC TA. Wrote the paper: DSC TA TVP RES SC.