About the Authors

Beth Woods

Beth.woods@york.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Andrea Manca

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Helen Weatherly

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Pedro Saramago

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Eleftherios Sideris

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Christina Giannopoulou

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Stephen Rice

Affiliation Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Mark Corbett

Affiliation Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Andrew Vickers

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Matthew Bowes

Affiliation York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom

Hugh MacPherson

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Mark Sculpher

Affiliation Centre for Health Economics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

HM reports and states that he practices acupuncture part-time and is a Trustee of the not-for-profit organisation, the Northern College of Acupuncture. MB is a member of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists. None of the other authors have competing interests for this work.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: BW AM HW PS AV MB HM MS. Data curation: BW PS AM HW ES CG SR MC AV MB HM MS. Formal analysis: BW AM PS HW ES CG. Funding acquisition: HM MS. Investigation: BW AM HW PS AV HM MS. Methodology: BW AM HW PS AV HM MS. Project administration: BW PS AM HW AV HM MS. Supervision: MS. Validation: PS. Visualization: BW. Writing – original draft: BW. Writing – review & editing: BW AM HW PS ES CG SR MC AV MB HM MS.