About the Authors

Guillaume Ruel

guillaumeruel4@hotmail.com

Affiliations Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Québec, Québec, Canada, Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada, Population Research and Outcome Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Jean-Frédéric Lévesque

Affiliations Bureau of Health Information, Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Nigel Stocks

Affiliation Discipline of General Practice, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Caroline Sirois

Affiliations Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada, Département de science infirmière, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

Edeltraut Kroger

Affiliations Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada, Département de pharmacie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Robert J. Adams

Affiliation Health Observatory, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Mariève Doucet

Affiliations Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada

Anne W. Taylor

Affiliation Population Research and Outcome Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GR JFL AWT. Analyzed the data: GR. Wrote the paper: GR JFL AWT. Provided feedback on experiment design and the writing of the manuscript: NS CS EK RA MD.