About the Authors

Laurens M. Niëns

niens@bmg.eur.nl

Affiliation Institute for Medical Technology Assessment and Institute for Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sten G. Zelle

Affiliation Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Cristina Gutiérrez-Delgado

Affiliation Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), México DF, México

Gustavo Rivera Peña

Affiliation Unidad de Análisis Económico, Secretaria de Salud, México D.F., México

Blanca Rosa Hidalgo Balarezo

Affiliation Pharmaco-economics department Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, San José, Costa Rica

Erick Rodriguez Steller

Affiliation Ministerio de Salud, San José, Costa Rica

Frans F. H. Rutten

Affiliation Institute for Medical Technology Assessment and Institute for Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMN SGZ. Performed the experiments: LMN SGZ. Analyzed the data: LMN SGZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGD GRP BRHB ERS. Wrote the paper: LMN SGZ FFHR.