About the Authors

Sandrine Cure

sandrine.cure@optum.com

Affiliation Health Economic and Outcomes Research, OptumInsight, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Florence Bianic

Affiliation Health Economic and Outcomes Research, OptumInsight, Paris, France

Caroline Espinas

Affiliation Health Economic and Outcomes Research, OptumInsight, Paris, France

Helene Hardy

Affiliation Medical, Virology, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

Lisa Rosenblatt

Affiliation Health Economic and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

Timothy Juday

Current address: Abbvie, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Health Economic and Outcomes Research, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

SC, FB, and CE are employees of OPTUM who have received consultancy fees from BMS, and HH, LR, and TJ have an affiliation to the commercial funders of this research study, Bristol-Myers Squibb. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC FB CE LR HH TJ. Performed the experiments: SC FB CE. Analyzed the data: SC FB CE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC FB CE. Wrote the paper: SC FB CE LR HH TJ.