About the Authors

Ingmar Schäfer

in.schaefer@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Eike-Christin von Leitner

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Gerhard Schön

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Daniela Koller

Affiliation Division of Health Economics, Health Policy and Health Services Research, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Heike Hansen

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Tina Kolonko

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Hanna Kaduszkiewicz

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Karl Wegscheider

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Gerd Glaeske

Affiliation Division of Health Economics, Health Policy and Health Services Research, Centre for Social Policy Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Hendrik van den Bussche

Affiliation Department of Primary Medical Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HvdB HK IS HH KW. Analyzed the data: IS GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DK TK GS. Wrote the paper: IS EvL.