About the Authors

Kerry E. Uebel

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerry E. Uebel, Gina Joubert, Edwin Wouters, Willie F. Mollentze, Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

uebelke@fshealth.gov.za

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Gina Joubert

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerry E. Uebel, Gina Joubert, Edwin Wouters, Willie F. Mollentze, Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Edwin Wouters

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerry E. Uebel, Gina Joubert, Edwin Wouters, Willie F. Mollentze, Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

Affiliations Department of Sociology and Research Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, University of Antwerp, Belgium, Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Willie F. Mollentze

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerry E. Uebel, Gina Joubert, Edwin Wouters, Willie F. Mollentze, Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

Contributed equally to this work with: Kerry E. Uebel, Gina Joubert, Edwin Wouters, Willie F. Mollentze, Dingie H. C. J. van Rensburg

Affiliation Centre for Health Systems Research and Development, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEU GJ DHCJVR. Performed the experiments: KEU. Analyzed the data: KEU GJ EW. Wrote the paper: KEU GJ EW WFM DHCJVR.