An Introductory Tutorial on Cohort State-Transition Models in R Using a Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Example.

Decision models can combine information from different sources to simulate the long-term consequences of alternative strategies in the presence of uncertainty. A cohort state-transition model (cSTM) is a decision model commonly used in medical decision making to simulate the transitions of a hypothe...

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Publicado en:Medical Decision Making Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 3 - 21
Autores principales: Alarid-Escudero, Fernando, Krijkamp, Eline, Enns, Eva A., Yang, Alan, Hunink, M. G. Myriam, Pechlivanoglou, Petros, Jalal, Hawre
Formato: computer program equations & formulas tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Jan2023
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          Alarid-Escudero, Fernando
          Krijkamp, Eline
          Enns, Eva A.
          Yang, Alan
          Hunink, M. G. Myriam
          Pechlivanoglou, Petros
          Jalal, Hawre
        affil: Division of Public Administration, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics (CIDE), Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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          Models, Statistical Economics
          Programming Languages
          Cost Effectiveness Analysis
          Decision Making, Clinical
          Decision Making, Computer Assisted
          Computer Simulation
          Transitional Care
          Probability
          Decision Support Techniques
          Software
      ab: Decision models can combine information from different sources to simulate the long-term consequences of alternative strategies in the presence of uncertainty. A cohort state-transition model (cSTM) is a decision model commonly used in medical decision making to simulate the transitions of a hypothetical cohort among various health states over time. This tutorial focuses on time-independent cSTM, in which transition probabilities among health states remain constant over time. We implement time-independent cSTM in R, an open-source mathematical and statistical programming language. We illustrate time-independent cSTMs using a previously published decision model, calculate costs and effectiveness outcomes, and conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of multiple strategies, including a probabilistic sensitivity analysis. We provide open-source code in R to facilitate wider adoption. In a second, more advanced tutorial, we illustrate time-dependent cSTMs.
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