createOutcome: Create outcome definition

In CohortMethod: Comparative Cohort Method with Large Scale Propensity and Outcome Models

Create outcome definition

Description

Create outcome definition

Usage

createOutcome(
  outcomeId,
  outcomeOfInterest = TRUE,
  trueEffectSize = NA,
  priorOutcomeLookback = NULL,
  riskWindowStart = NULL,
  startAnchor = NULL,
  riskWindowEnd = NULL,
  endAnchor = NULL
)

Arguments

outcomeId	An integer used to identify the outcome in the outcome cohort table.
outcomeOfInterest	Is this an outcome of interest? If not, creation of non-essential files will be skipped, including outcome=specific covariate balance files. This could be helpful to speed up analyses with many controls, for which we're only interested in the effect size estimate.
trueEffectSize	For negative and positive controls: the known true effect size. To be used for empirical calibration. Negative controls have trueEffectSize = 1. If the true effect size is unknown, use trueEffectSize = NA
priorOutcomeLookback	How many days should we look back when identifying prior. outcomes?
riskWindowStart	The start of the risk window (in days) relative to the startAnchor.
startAnchor	The anchor point for the start of the risk window. Can be "cohort start" or "cohort end".
riskWindowEnd	The end of the risk window (in days) relative to the endAnchor.
endAnchor	The anchor point for the end of the risk window. Can be "cohort start" or "cohort end".

Details

Any settings here that are not NULL will override any values set in createCreateStudyPopulationArgs().

Value

An object of type Outcome, to be used in createTargetComparatorOutcomes().

CohortMethod documentation built on March 21, 2026, 5:06 p.m.