health_state: Definition of health state class or health state constructor

In packDAMipd: Decision Analysis Modelling Package with Parameters Estimation Ability from Individual Patient Level Data

Description

Definition of health state class or health state constructor

Usage

health_state(name, cost, utility, state_time = 0, absorb = FALSE)

Arguments

name	name of the health state
cost	value or expression that represents cost of the health state
utility	value or expression that represents utility of the health state
state_time	time denoting how long in the state
absorb	boolean indicating health state absorbing or not

Details

Initialising the name, cost, utility and time spent for the health state name is the name of the health state cost/utility can be defined as characters e.g. "cost_A" if they are characters, the value is assigned after parsing the text. state_time is integer and absorb is boolean

Value

value of the state

Examples

st <- health_state("IT", 100, 0.4, 0, FALSE)
st <- health_state("IT", "cost_A", 0.4, 0, FALSE)

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