About the Authors
- Deborah J. Schofield
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Affiliations NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Michelle Cunich
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* E-mail: michelle.cunich@ctc.usyd.edu.au
Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
- Rupendra N. Shrestha
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Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
- Emily J. Callander
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Affiliation NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
- Megan E. Passey
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Affiliation University Centre for Rural Health – North Coast, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia
- Simon J. Kelly
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Affiliation National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, Australia
- Robert Tanton
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Affiliation National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling, University of Canberra, Australia
- Lennert Veerman
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Affiliation School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors declare that the development of the microsimulation model used in this research, Health&WealthMOD2030, was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (Grant number LP100100158), with Pfizer Australia as the commercial partner to the grant. All authors are independent from the funding source. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DS MC RS EC MP SK RT LV. Performed the experiments: RS SK RT LV. Analyzed the data: MC EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS MC RS RT SK MP LV. Wrote the paper: MC EC. Led the Health&WealthMOD2030 project: DS. Developed Health&WealthMOD2030: RS. Developed APPSIM: SK. Worked on the health trend data: LV. Worked on weighting the data: RT. Provided expert knowledge on diabetes and diabetes care: MP and LV. Contributed to manuscript editing: DS MC RS EC MP SK RT LV.