About the Authors

Rita B. Patel

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita B. Patel, Maya B. Mathur

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Maya B. Mathur

Contributed equally to this work with: Rita B. Patel, Maya B. Mathur

mmathur@stanford.edu

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Michael Gould

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, United States of America

Timothy M. Uyeki

Affiliation Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jay Bhattacharya

Affiliation Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Yang Xiao

Affiliation Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, United States of America

Nayer Khazeni

Affiliations Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America, Center for Health Policy and Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NK. Performed the experiments: MM RP. Analyzed the data: MM. Wrote the manuscript: PR MM. Compiled and organized data: RP. Served as reviewers for the systematic search: RP MM. Provided critical edits to analysis and interpretation of data: MG. Advised on article inclusion, background, analysis and interpretation of data, and contributed to revising the manuscript: TMU. Provided advice on design of work: JB. Provided professional translation for acquisition of Chinese data: YX. Conceptualized the project, defined research questions, collaborated on substantial portions of manuscript writing, and served as an arbitrator for the systemic search: NK.