About the Authors

Andrew Peter McGovern

andy@mcgov.co.uk

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Simon de Lusignan

Affiliations Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St. George's – University of London, London, United Kingdom

Jeremy van Vlymen

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Harshana Liyanage

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Charles Richard Tomson

Affiliation Department of Renal Medicine, Southmead Hospital – North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom

Hugh Gallagher

Affiliations Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St. George's – University of London, London, United Kingdom, South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit, St. Helier Hospital, Carshalton, United Kingdom

Meena Rafiq

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Simon Jones

Affiliation Department of Health Care Management and Policy, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APM SdL. Performed the experiments: APM. Analyzed the data: APM MR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APM SJ. Wrote the paper: APM SdL JvV HL CT SJ HG MR.