About the Authors

Cheryl L. L. Carling

cheryl.carling@kunnskapssenteret.no

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Doris Tove Kristoffersen

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Andrew D. Oxman

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Signe Flottorp

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Atle Fretheim

Affiliation Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, Oslo, Norway

Holger J. Schünemann

Affiliation Clinical Research and INFORMAtion Translation Unit, and Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Cancer Institute Regina Elena, Rome, Italy

Elie A. Akl

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jeph Herrin

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Thomas D. MacKenzie

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Denver Health and Hospital Authority and University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Victor M. Montori

Affiliation Knowledge and Encounter Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLLC. Performed the experiments: CLLC. Analyzed the data: CLLC. Wrote the paper: CLLC. Helped plan study: DTK ADO SF AF HJS EAA JH TDM VMM. Performed statistical analysis: DTK. Contributed to revisions: DTK ADO SF AF HJS EAA JH TDM VMM. Approved final version of manuscript: DTK ADO SF AF HJS EAA JH TDM VMM.