calcPatientCostofTests: Sum the Cost of All Specified Tests for Each Patient

In n8thangreen/IDEAdectree: The IDEA study clinical data health economics analysis with decision trees

Description

\sum

freq_i \times count_i \times cost_i

Usage

calcPatientCostofTests(data, COSTS, x3 = TRUE)

Arguments

data	IDEA study data set
COSTS	Named vector each test/procedure and unit costs. If a list of cost is provided then the named mean value is used.
x3	Should the smear and culture be multiplied by 3? It is standard practice to perform 3 of each with a sputum sample.

Details

$freq$ are when a single entry in the dataset represent more that one unit cost. $count$ are the numbeer of separate occasion at test is taken. $cost$ is the unit cost.

Most frequencies are singular but some or >1. Some costs consist of more than element too and these are hard-coded in to the function; If a BAL is taken we include the cost of the procedure and the additional cost of a culture and smear if used for these.

Value

Single value per patient (vector)

n8thangreen/IDEAdectree documentation built on Feb. 10, 2020, 11:35 a.m.