About the Authors

Klarissa Siebenhuener

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center of Competence Multimorbidity, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Emmanuel Eschmann

Affiliation Research Center for Medical Informatics, Directorate of Research and Education, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Alexander Kienast

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Dominik Schneider

Affiliation Maennedorf Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Canton Zurich, Switzerland

Christoph E. Minder

Affiliation Horten Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Reinhard Saller

Affiliations Center of Competence Multimorbidity, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Institute of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Lukas Zimmerli

Affiliations Center of Competence Multimorbidity, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Cantonal Hospital, Internal Medicine, Olten, Switzerland

Jürg Blaser

Affiliation Research Center for Medical Informatics, Directorate of Research and Education, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Edouard Battegay

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center of Competence Multimorbidity, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, University Research Priority Program ‘Dynamics of Healthy Aging,’ University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Barbara M. Holzer

barbara.holzer@usz.ch

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Center of Competence Multimorbidity, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

This research was supported by a grant from the Mundipharma Medical Company. Mundipharma had no role in the study design, the choice of statistical analyses, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BMH CEM EE KS RS LZ EB JB DS. Data curation: EE JB. Formal analysis: BMH CEM EE KS. Funding acquisition: EB LZ. Investigation: BMH CEM EE RS KS AK DS. Methodology: BMH CEM EE RS KS DS. Project administration: BMH KS. Resources: BMH CEM EE RS KS AK DS. Software: BMH CEM. Supervision: DS JB LZ EB. Validation: DS LZ. Visualization: KS BMH RS EE CEM. Writing – original draft: KS BMH RS EE CEM. Writing – review & editing: DS JB LZ EB BMH CEM EE KS RS AK.