About the Authors

Colin R. Dormuth

colin.dormuth@ti.ubc.ca

Affiliations Therapeutics Initiative, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada

Malcolm Maclure

Affiliations School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, Pharmaceutical Services Division, British Columbia Ministry of Health, Victoria, Canada

Greg Carney

Affiliation Therapeutics Initiative, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Sebastian Schneeweiss

Affiliations Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ken Bassett

Affiliations Therapeutics Initiative, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada

James M. Wright

Affiliations Therapeutics Initiative, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia. Vancouver, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD MM SS KLB JMW. Analyzed the data: CD GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD MM GC SS KLB JMW. Wrote the paper: CD. Substantially contributed to the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and revising the article for important intellectual content, and gave approval for the final version: GC CD MM SS KLB JMW.