**Author details**

Paulo Santos1,2,6\*, Pedro Teixeira3,4,6, Helena Beça5,6 and Alberto Hespanhol1,2,6

1 Department of Medicine of Community, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Portugal

2 CINTESIS, Center for Health Technology and Services Research, University of Porto, Portugal

3 ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Portugal

4 School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal

5 Family Health Unit of Espinho, ACeS Espinho-Gaia, Portugal

6 Ethics Committee of the Administração Regional de Saúde do Norte, ARS Norte, Portugal

\*Address all correspondence to: psantosdr@med.up.pt

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