discly: discounted life-years

In petedodd/discly: What the Package Does (One Line, Title Case)

Description

Discounted life years

Usage

discly(
  iso3,
  age,
  yearnow,
  sex = "Total",
  endyear = 2098,
  HR = 1,
  dr = 0,
  hiv = "both"
)

Arguments

iso3	country
age	age now
yearnow	year now
sex	Female/Male/Total
endyear	end year
HR	hazard ratio of death if relevant
dr	discount rate (exponential version)
hiv	HIV specific estimates? ('both'/'hiv+'/'hiv-')

Details

This calculates discounted life-years, potentially allowing a mortality hazard ratio. It also allows approximate HIV-specific estimates. See README for reference to methodology.

Value

discounted life years

Author(s)

Pete Dodd

Examples

discly('ZWE',5,2020)
discly('ZWE',5,2020,dr=0.03)

petedodd/discly documentation built on Feb. 9, 2021, 10:19 p.m.