About the Authors

Lisa J. McGarry

mcgarry.nagar@gmail.com

Affiliation OptumInsight, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Girishanthy Krishnarajah

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gregory Hill

Affiliation OptumInsight, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Cristina Masseria

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michelle Skornicki

Affiliation OptumInsight, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Narin Pruttivarasin

Affiliation OptumInsight, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bhakti Arondekar

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Julie Roiz

Affiliation GlaxoSmithKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephen I. Pelton

Affiliation Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Milton C. Weinstein

Affiliations OptumInsight, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Harvard University, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: GH, LJM, NP, MS, MCW (OptumInsight) received funding from GlaxoSmithKline Group of Companies to complete the disclosed research and to develop and publish this present manuscript. SIP and MCW have received consulting fees from GlaxoSmithKline Group of Companies. SIP has an advisory board membership with GlaxoSmithKline group of companies and Sanofi. BA, GK, JR and CM are existing or previous employees of GlaxoSmithKline Group of Companies. LJM, GH, MS, NP and MCW are employed by OptumInsight. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJM GK GH CM SIP BA JR MCW CM BA. Performed the experiments: LJM GH MS NP CM. Analyzed the data: LJM GK GH CM MCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BA JR. Wrote the paper: LJM GH MS NP.