About the Authors
- Donald R. Olson
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* E-mail: dolson@health.nyc.gov, drolson@gmail.com
Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Kevin J. Konty
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Marc Paladini
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Affiliation New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, United States of America
- Cecile Viboud
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Affiliation Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Lone Simonsen
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Affiliations Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Global Health, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
Competing Interests
LS worked as a contractor for SDI (now IMS) up to 2010 to research and promote the use of electronic claims data for public health surveillance. Otherwise, the authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DRO CV LS. Performed the experiments: DRO CV LS. Analyzed the data: DRO CV LS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRO CV LS. Wrote the paper: DRO KJK MP CV LS. Participated in data acquisition: DRO KJK MP. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DRO.