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Reviewer Acknowledgement

The Editors and editorial staff of Value in Health wish to thank all the people who have so generously donated their time and expertise inreviewing manuscripts for the journal during the past 12 months (September 31, 2016-October 1, 2017).The following list of names represents 43 different countries and reflects the ever-growing global diversity of the journal and the

Society. We wish to thank our peer reviewers for their participation and their valued input that help us continuously improve the qualityand relevance of the papers published in Value in Health.

Hannah Abel, CanadaAbdalla Mohamed Abo Taleb, United StatesSarah Acaster, United KingdomBlythe J.S. Adamson, United StatesJeonghoon Ahn, Republic of KoreaRonald Akehurst, United KingdomIbrahim Alabbadi, JordanOguzhan Alagoz, United StatesAziz S. Alali, CanadaSaul Alcaraz, SpainHareth Al-Janabi, United KingdomVeerasathpurush Allareddy, United StatesAshleigh Joy Allen, United KingdomJeff D. Allen, United StatesNicola Allen, United KingdomChristine Ann Almond, United KingdomPablo Alonso-Coello, SpainMhd Wasem Alsabbagh, CanadaShoroq Altawalbeh, United StatesMaria Alva, United StatesJuan Alzate, ColombiaLieven Annemans, BelgiumCatiele Antunes, United StatesChinenye Ursla Anyanwu, United StatesBenedicte Apouey, FranceDenizar Vianna Araujo, BrazilFrancis Arickx, BelgiumBustanul Arifin, NetherlandsPatrizio Armeni, ItalyXavier Armoiry, FranceMelissa J. Armstrong, United StatesMatthias Arnold, GermanyBenoit Arnould, FranceArantzazu Arrospide, SpainElias Asfaw, EthiopiaNermeen Nabil Ashoush, EgyptChristian Asseburg, SwedenYumi Asukai, United KingdomThomas M. Atkinson, United StatesArthur E. Attema, NetherlandsPriscilla Auguste, United States

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Rajeev Ayyagari, United StatesRobert Babela, SlovakiaTony Badrick, AustraliaEun-Young Bae, KoreaWendy Baird, United KingdomRachel Baker, United KingdomAlan W. Bakst, United StatesGraeme Ball, CanadaRachel Ballinger, United KingdomAasthaa Bansal, United StatesH. David Banta, NetherlandsChristopher Barker, United StatesYazan Barqawi, United StatesMathias Barra, NorwaySusan Joan Bartlett, CanadaReed Beall, CanadaUrsula Becker, SwitzerlandMartine Marie Bellanger, FranceVasily Belozeroff, United StatesArbi Ben Abdallah, United StatesAntonia V. Bennett, United StatesCaroline Bennette, United StatesVladislav Berdunov, United KingdomJenny Berg, SwedenKevin C. Berger, GermanyElise Berliner, United StatesHadi Beyhaghi, United StatesSandipan Bhattacharjee, United StatesAmaia Bilbao, SpainAseel Bin Sawad, United StatesDavid Bishai, United StatesMousumi Biswas, United KingdomCarl Rudolf Blankart, SwitzerlandBarri M. Blauvelt, United StatesHedwig Maria Blommestein, NetherlandsGiuseppe Boriani, ItalyJohn Brazier, United KingdomAlan Brennan, United KingdomVictoria Brennan, United KingdomChristian Brettschneider, GermanyJohn F. Bridges, United States

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Andrew Briggs, United KingdomDiana Brixner, United StatesHenk Broekhuizen, NetherlandsWerner Brouwer, NetherlandsStirling Bryan, CanadaKristina Burstrom, SwedenElizabeth Bush, United StatesJason Buxbaum, United StatesJohn Cairns, United KingdomStefano Calciolari, SwitzerlandJulie Campbell, AustraliaJoseph C. Cappelleri, United StatesAnn Caress, United KingdomJoshua J. Carlson, United StatesJ. Jaime Caro, United StatesFrancisco Javier Carrera-Hueso, SpainMarianna Cavazza, ItalyMatthew Richard Cawson, United KingdomDavid Cella, United StatesValerie Celment, FranceChatree Chai-Adisaksopha, CanadaJames David Chambers, United StatesAgnes L.F. Chan, TaiwanSu-Hsin Chang, United StatesMaud Charvin, FrancePauline Chauvin, FranceCheng Chen, United StatesDave Chen, TaiwanGang Chen, AustraliaPei-Ching Chen, TaiwanQiushi Chen, United StatesWen-Hung Chen, United StatesXinlin Chen, ChinaZhibin Chen, AustraliaMindy M. Cheng, United StatesMichael E. Chernew, United StatesJagpreet Chhatwal, United StatesChun-Ru Chien, TaiwanWojciech (Al) Chrosny, United StatesOriana Ciani, United KingdomPaul Clarkson, United KingdomFiona M. Clement, CanadaJoshua Cohen, United StatesJoshua P. Cohen, United StatesAndrew Coldman, CanadaTheresa M. Coles, United StatesCurtis D. Collins, United StatesMarissa Collins, United KingdomJanice Colwell, United StatesMerce Comas, SpainMartin Connock, United KingdomJoseph Cook, United StatesStephen Joel Coons, United StatesKeith Cooper, United KingdomCatherine Copley-Merriman, United StatesSilvia Coretti, ItalyPamela Coxson, United StatesDoug Coyle, CanadaBenjamin M. Craig, United StatesCarlos Crespo, SpainWilliam H. Crown, United StatesPatricia Cubi-Molla, United KingdomMichelle Cunich, AustraliaVincent Daniels, United StatesPatricia Danzon, United StatesNandita Dasgupta, IndiaSarah Davis, United Kingdom

Barbara de Graaff, AustraliaFelipa de Mello-Sampayo, PortugalSieta de Vries, NetherlandsChiara de Waure, ItalyCarla DeMuro, United StatesAshish A. Deshmukh, United StatesMelissa Desmedt, BelgiumEmily Beth Devine, United StatesNancy Devlin, United KingdomDev Dhanda, United StatesVakaramoko Diaby, United StatesAlex Diamantopoulos, United KingdomSofia Dias, United KingdomDana Dibenedetti, United StatesMarcel G. Dijkgraaf, NetherlandsJustin Dimick, United StatesCharalabos-Markos Dintsios, GermanyFrancois Dionne, CanadaJosie Dixon, United KingdomCharles R. Doarn, United StatesBrett Doble, United KingdomHelen Ann Doll, United KingdomHengjin Dong, ChinaBas Donkers, NetherlandsSusan dosReis, United StatesDavid W. Dowdy, United StatesJack Dowie, United KingdomJohn Doyle, United StatesNick Dragojlovic, CanadaAna Duarte, United KingdomMei Sheng Duh, United StatesJames Dunham, United KingdomIsabelle Durand-Zaleski, FranceHans Georg Eichler, United KingdomLauren Ellis, United StatesEllen Engelhardt, NetherlandsDavid Epstein, SpainJaime Espin, SpainOlivier Ethgen, BelgiumDean Eurich, CanadaChristopher Evans, United StatesRita Faria, United KingdomA. Mark Fendrick, United StatesYan Feng, United KingdomYou-Shan Feng, GermanyAlessandra Ferrario, United StatesMallorie H. Fiero, United StatesAureliano P. Finch, United KingdomEric Andrew Finkelstein, SingaporeA.Y. Finlay, United KingdomM. Roy First, United StatesEmuella Flood, United StatesChristian Fons-Rosen, SpainLori B. Frank, United StatesOmar Galarraga, United StatesThor Gamst-Klaussen, NorwayMihir Gandhi, SingaporeMartina Garau, United KingdomPablo Garcia-Bermejo, QatarLouis Garrison, United StatesFania Ruth Gartner, NetherlandsRobert A. Gerber, United StatesDaniel M. Geynisman, United StatesArnab Ghosh, United StatesJohannes M. Giesinger, AustriaSharon A. Gilbert, United StatesHenry A. Glick, United States

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David Glynn, United KingdomAri Gnanasakthy, United StatesHeather Taffet Gold, United StatesDana Goldman, United StatesDaniel A. Goldstein, IsraelManuel Gomes, United KingdomXiaohuan Gong, ChinaElizabeth Goodwin, United KingdomLouisa G. Gordon, AustraliaDaisuke Goto, United StatesChristopher Neal Graham, United StatesLaura Ann Gray, United KingdomColin Green, United KingdomWilliam Green, United KingdomSheldon Greenfield, United StatesWolfgang Greiner, GermanyMarcel Greuter, NetherlandsEleanor A D Grieve, United KingdomBogdan Grigore, United KingdomSabine Elisabeth Grimm, NetherlandsKarin Groothuis-Oudshoorn, NetherlandsJens Grueger, SwitzerlandRoberta Gualtierotti, ItalyClaire Gudex, DenmarkCarla Guerriero, ItalyAnnamaria Guglielmo, ItalyFreedom Gumedze, South AfricaJing Guo, United StatesTaru Hallinen, FinlandAriel Hammerman, IsraelJanel Hanmer, United StatesMalek B. Hannouf, CanadaRyan N. Hansen, United StatesAnthony James Hatswell, United KingdomBrett Hauber, United StatesEmma Hawe, United KingdomJames Hayman, United StatesRon D. Hays, United StatesEmelie Maria Heintz, SwedenPhilip Helliwell, United KingdomHenry J. Henk, United StatesCornelia Henschke, GermanyCorinna Hentschker, GermanyMichael Herdman, United KingdomMonica Hernandez, United KingdomMargaret Heslin, United KingdomLisa M. Hess, United StatesSebastian Hinde, United KingdomJack Hoadley, United StatesThomas Hoerger, United StatesSusan Hogue, United StatesAdrian Hollis, CanadaEmily Anne Fargher Holmes, United KingdomTove Holm-Larsen, DenmarkChantal Holy, United StatesDaniel Hommes, United StatesJohn Carl Hornberger, United StatesMark Hornbrook, United StatesDavid Howard, United StatesJason C. Hsu, TaiwanXinyang Hua, AustraliaWei Huang, United StatesJoel Huber, United StatesStacie Hudgens, United StatesWills Hughes-Wilson, SwedenLars Hultkrantz, SwedenMarjan Hummel, Netherlands

Jinhai Stephen Huo, United StatesSaara Huoponen, FinlandDon Husereau, CanadaMustafa Hussein, United StatesSergio Iannazzo, ItalyAtaru Igarashi, JapanMaarten Ijzerman, NetherlandsRalph P. Insinga, United StatesSheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, AustraliaChristopher Jackson, United KingdomJoseph D. Jackson, United StatesSekwon Jang, United StatesDina Jankovic, United KingdomEllen Margreet Janssen, United StatesValter Javaroni, BrazilInês Santos Joaquim, PortugalJaana T. Joensuu, FinlandJeffrey A. Johnson, CanadaReed Johnson, United StatesTricia J. Johnson, United StatesCarys Jones, United KingdomNamita Joshi, United StatesJean-Michel Josselin, FranceSeema Kacker, United StatesZoltán Kaló, HungaryWarren Allan Kaplan, United StatesStephen Kaptoge, United KingdomMelis Almula Karadayi, TurkeyMilad Karimi, NetherlandsJonathan Karnon, AustraliaPawet Kawalec, PolandCicely Kerr, United KingdomLois Kim, United KingdomPhilip B. Kinghorn, United KingdomPádraig Kitterick, United KingdomTrine Kjaer, DenmarkScott Klarenbach, CanadaHendrik Koffijberg, NetherlandsKatarzyna Kolasa, PolandUwe Konerding, GermanyMarc Koopmanschap, NetherlandsAkiko Kowada, JapanSimone Kreimeier, GermanySoren Rud Kristensen, United KingdomCarleigh B. Krubiner, United StatesNicolas Krucien, United KingdomSanjeewa Kularatna, AustraliaYong-Fang Kuo, United StatesVictoria Kuznietsova, United StatesJean Lachaine, CanadaAntoine Lafuma, FranceDarius N. Lakdawalla, United StatesMattijs S. Lambooij, NetherlandsMichelle Langer, United StatesPaul C. Langley, United StatesPaul Lapchak, United StatesNicholas Latimer, United KingdomNojke Laura, United KingdomErnest H. Law, United StatesWilliam F. Lawrence, United StatesMichael Laxy, GermanyPhuc Le, United StatesHarry Lee, United StatesJared A. Leff, United StatesReiner Leidl, GermanyKimberly Lenz, United StatesJordan Lerner-Ellis, Canada

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Joseph Levy, United StatesSandy Lewis, United StatesJim Lewsey, United KingdomNanxin (Nick) Li, United StatesRui Li, United StatesYonghong Li, United StatesNicola Lucio Liberato, ItalyNicky Liebermann, IsraelChung-Ying Lin, Hong KongPei-Jung Lin, United StatesBenjamin P. Linas, United StatesAndrew Lloyd, United KingdomJames Richard Scott Lomas, United KingdomJae Long, United KingdomRuth Lopert, United StatesMcLeod Lori, United StatesChristine Y. Lu, United StatesDeborah P. Lubeck, United StatesErica I. Lubetkin, United StatesNan Luo, SingaporeFergus MacBeth, United KingdomRoss Maconachie, United KingdomAlok Madan, United StatesMonica Magalhaes, United StatesAldo Pietro P. Maggioni, ItalyJay Magidson, United StatesDaniel C. Malone, United StatesLorenzo Mantovani, ItalyJavier Mar, SpainAndrea Marcellusi, ItalyAndrea Margolis, United StatesAllison Marier, United StatesRuth Ann Marrie, CanadaKevin Marsh, United KingdomMarta Marsilio, ItalyMona Martin, United StatesAlicia Marzouk, FranceCeu Mateus, United KingdomTim Mathes, GermanyAngelo Zambam de Mattos, BrazilLouis Matza, United StatesJosephine Mauskopf, United StatesAimee Maxwell, AustraliaCarrie McAdam-Marx, United StatesNicola McCaffrey, AustraliaElizabeth McCarron, CanadaElizabeth McGehee, United StatesLori McLeod, United StatesMichael L. McManus, United StatesTeumzghi Mebrahtu, United KingdomMartin Meissner, DenmarkDavid Meltzer, United StatesDevidas Menon, CanadaMichela Meregaglia, ItalyDonna A. Messner, United StatesJonathan Michaels, United KingdomLuis Silva Miguel, PortugalAnthony Miller, CanadaKathleen Miller, United StatesRachel Kathleen Milte, AustraliaRafaël Minacori, FranceAlec Miner, United KingdomJonathan William Minton, United KingdomAndrew Mirelman, United KingdomHema Mistry, United KingdomPaul Mark Mitchell, United KingdomManish Mittal, United States

Maurice Leon Moffett, United StatesAteesha Farah Mohamed, United StatesTima Mohammadi, CanadaPenny Mohr, United StatesCelso S. Moraes Jr, BrazilStephanie Morain, United StatesPatrick S. Moran, IrelandSantiago Gutierrez Moreno, SwitzerlandMyla Moretti, CanadaLiz Morrell, United KingdomAlec Morton, United KingdomRachael Morton, AustraliaAxel Christian Muehlbacher, GermanyClara Mukuria, United KingdomBrendan Mulhern, AustraliaPradeep Manohar Muragundi, IndiaJacqueline Murphy, United KingdomFilip Mussen, BelgiumJack M. Mycka, United StatesLauren Nelson, United StatesLuca Neri, ItalyVirginie Nerich, FrancePeter J. Neumann, United StatesKim-Huong Nguyen, AustraliaMaciej Niewada, PolandAnnabel Nixon, United KingdomErik Nord, NorwayChidubem Ogwulu, United KingdomThomas Olino, United StatesBrian O'Mahony, IrelandAbdou Yacoubou Omorou, FranceCiaran O'Neill, United KingdomPhillip O'Neill, United KingdomEberechukwu Onukwugha, United StatesRaymond Oppong, United KingdomMarta Ortega-Ortega, SpainMegan Othus, United StatesPaul Overton, United KingdomSemra Ozdemir, SingaporeAmir H. Pakpour, IranMari Palta, United StatesIwen Pan, United StatesClark Paramore, United StatesJulietta Patnick, United KingdomMike Paulden, CanadaMark Pauly, United StatesNalin Payakachat, United StatesAlison Mary Pearce, IrelandTessa Peasgood, United KingdomMikko Peltola, FinlandHannah Penton, United KingdomEleanor Perfetto, United StatesMathilde Peron, United KingdomMarcelo Coca Perraillon, United StatesAlexander Caston Peterson, CanadaTimothy Pham, United StatesCharles E. Phelps, United StatesRenato Mantelli Picoli, BrazilMonica Pinto, ItalyJulie Polisena, CanadaMaarten J. Postma, NetherlandsRebecca Prince, United KingdomMaria Jesus Pueyo, SpainRoah Fang Pwu, TaiwanJohn Rafi, United StatesRichid Rafia, United KingdomJames P. Raftery, United Kingdom

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Dennis W. Raisch, United StatesVarun Ramamohan, United StatesJuan Manuel Ramos-Goni, SpainJoakim Ramsberg, SwedenScott D. Ramsey, United StatesKim Rand-Hendriksen, NorwayJulie Ratcliffe, AustraliaBastian Ravesteijn, United StatesJoshua Ray, SwitzerlandShelby D. Reed, United StatesAdi Renbaum, United StatesFanni Rencz, HungaryValesca P. Retel, NetherlandsJeff Ralph Richardson, AustraliaTrevor Richter, CanadaBettina Wulff Risor, DenmarkBrian Rittenhouse, United StatesBenjamin Roa, United StatesMelissa H. Roberts, United StatesAnna Joy Rogers, United StatesWolf Rogowski, GermanyOla Rolfson, SwedenJohn A. Romley, United StatesMatthias Rose, GermanyDiego Rosselli, ColombiaJoshua A. Roth, United StatesClaire Rothery, United KingdomDominik Rottenkolber, GermanyAlexandra Rouquette, FranceJonathan C. Routh, United StatesDonna Rowen, United KingdomJuan Ruano, SpainMatteo Ruggeri, ItalyMiguel A. Ruiz, SpainHeidi Russell, United StatesMandy Ryan, UkraineSammy Saab, United StatesTracey Sach, United KingdomMohsen Sadatsafavi, CanadaSarmad Sadeghi, United StatesMarc Saez, SpainPhantipa Sakthong, ThailandChristopher James Sampson, United KingdomFrank G. Sandmann, United KingdomAngel Sanz-Granda, SpainPedro Saramago, United KingdomLuciana Scalone, ItalyCarina Schey, SwitzerlandChris Schilling, AustraliaLuciene Schluckebier, BrazilKatharina Schmidt, GermanyStefan Scholz, GermanyJonas Schreyögg, GermanyKathy L. Schulman, United StatesAlyssa Schultz, United StatesMark Sculpher, United KingdomJohan Severens, NetherlandsBehnam Sharif, CanadaElad Sharon, United StatesJames Shearer, United KingdomJeremy B. Shelton, United StatesLizheng Shi, United StatesChinglin Shih, TaiwanJonathan Sicsic, FranceUwe Siebert, AustriaBernard Silke, IrelandJeshika Singh, United Kingdom

Harri Sintonen, FinlandOguz Resat Sipahi, TurkeyChris Skedgel, United KingdomAshley F. Slagle, United StatesFabrice Smieliauskas, United StatesGrace Li Smith, United StatesJayne Smith-Palmer, SwitzerlandLee J. Smolen, United StatesTristan Snowsill, United KingdomCorinna Sorenson, United StatesRene Soria-Saucedo, United StatesEldon Spackman, CanadaHazel Squires, United KingdomJames Stahl, United StatesFrancis Staskon, United StatesLotte Steuten, United StatesMatt Stevenson, United KingdomElly A. Stolk, NetherlandsMark Strong, United KingdomSean D. Sullivan, United StatesC. Simone Sutherland, SwitzerlandAxel Svedbom, SwedenTara Symonds, United KingdomHyo Jung Tak, United StatesElise (Chia-Hui) Tan, TaiwanKok Hian Tan, ChinaDaniel J. Tancredi, United StatesSripen Tantivess, ThailandFlippos Tarantilis, GreeceRohit Vikram Tejwani, United StatesRobert Terkola, NetherlandsKednapa Thavorn, CanadaChristian Thielscher, GermanyHoward Thom, United KingdomPatton Thomas, United KingdomSimu Thomas, United StatesTrevor Thompson, United KingdomKristian Thorlund, CanadaJoanna Thorn, United KingdomJ. Mick Tilford, United StatesMondher Toumi, FranceAdrian Towse, United KingdomAki Tsuchiya, United KingdomMasatsugu Tsuji, JapanHaitham Tuffaha, AustraliaOriol Turro-Garriga, SpainKingsley Nnanna Ukwaja, NigeriaChrissy Van Beurden-Tan, NetherlandsJob F.M. van Boven, NetherlandsM. Elske van den Akker-van Marle, NetherlandsBernard Van Den Berg, NetherlandsDaniela van Zanten, NetherlandsArmando Vargas-Palacios, United KingdomNebibe Varol, United KingdomCaroline Mary Vass, United KingdomAnna Vassall, United KingdomVik Veer, United KingdomLill-Brith Wium von Arx, DenmarkMonika Wagner, CanadaAllan Wailoo, United KingdomJanet L. Wale, AustraliaAndrew Walker, United KingdomSurrey M. Walton, United StatesHueyFen Wang, TaiwanShi-Yi Wang, United StatesYe Wang, United StatesDerek J. Ward, United Kingdom

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Verity Watson, United KingdomHenrik Watz, GermanyHelen Weatherly, United KingdomGriffin M. Weber, United StatesMilton C. Weinstein, United StatesNicky Welton, United KingdomDanielle Whicher, United StatesRichard White, United KingdomJennifer Anne Whitty, United KingdomSophie Whyte, United KingdomClaudia Wild, AustriaJennifer L. Wiler, United StatesStephen B. Williams, United StatesMichael Willis, SwedenEdward C.F. Wilson, United KingdomEve Wittenberg, United StatesCarlos King Ho Wong, Hong Kong

Nerys Woolacott, United KingdomRichard Wootton, NorwayMaria Xiridou, NetherlandsMo Yang, United StatesYaling Yang, United KingdomZobair Younossi, United StatesXueting Yu, United StatesMoncef Zarrouk, SwedenWei Zhang, CanadaHui Zhao, United StatesYingnan Zhao, United StatesYue Zhong, United StatesJunwen Zhou, FranceQin Zhou, ChinaHerve-Tchala Vignon Zomahoun, CanadaArsene Zongo, Canada