About the Authors

Asgar Aghaei Hashjin

a.aghaeihashjin@amc.uva.nl

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Services Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Dionne S. Kringos

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Jila Manoochehri

Affiliation Department of Quality Improvement, Tehran Heart Center Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Hamid Ravaghi

Affiliation Department of Health Services Management, School of Health Services Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Niek S. Klazinga

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center (AMC)/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAH NSK DSK. Performed the experiments: AAH HR NSK DSK JM. Analyzed the data: AAH NSK DSK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAH NSK HR JM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AAH NSK DSK.