Juliane Andrea Duevel, MSc, completed her master's degree in public health (Bielefeld University) and since 2018 has been a research associate at the Chair of Health Economics and Health Management at the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Alina Baumgartner, MSc, has a master's degree in public health and is doing her PhD phase at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Health Technology Assessment and Public Health, Erlangen.

John Grosser, MSc, has a master's degree in mathematics (Technical University, Dortmund), and another master's degree in Bioethics and Medical Humanities (Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio). He is research associate with Prof. Greiner since October 2020.

Simone Kreimeier, DrPH, has been a research associate in Prof. Greiner's working group at the Bielefeld University since October 2010 and has been a senior research scientist since 2020 (doctoral degree in Public Health).

Svenja Elkenkamp, MSc, MEd, has a master's degree in mathematics and biology and another master's degree in statistical science (Bielefeld University). She is research associate with Prof. Greiner since March 2018.

Wolfgang Greiner, has been Chair of “Health Economics and Health Care Management” at Bielefeld University since April 2005. He also holds the position of dean of the Faculty of Public Health since 2022.

Address correspondence to Juliane Andrea Duevel, MSc, Department of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Bielefeld University, AG 5, P.O. Box 10 01 03, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany ([email protected]).

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

The project was supported by innovation funds of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) (No.: 01NVF17025).