nb {ClinicalUtilityRecal}R Documentation

Net Benefit

Description

Estimates the net benefit and standardized net benefit of a risk score given a risk threshold R. Additionally estimates the standardized net benefit of a "treat-all" (everyone recieves intervention) treatment rule.

Usage

nb(y, p, r)

Arguments

y

Vector of binary outcomes, with 1 indicating event (case) and 0 indicating no event (controls)

p

Vector of risk score values

r

Clinically relevant risk threshold

Value

nb

Net benefit of risk score pp

snb

Standardized net benefit of risk score pp. Net benefit of pp dived by the prevalence

snb.all

Standardized net benefit of a decision rule where everyone recieves treatment

Author(s)

Anu Mishra

References

Pauker, S. G., & Kassirer, J. P. (1980). The threshold approach to clinical decision making. New England Journal of Medicine, 302(20), 1109-1117.

Mishra, A. (2019). Methods for Risk Markers that Incorporate Clinical Utility (Doctoral dissertation). (Available Upon Request)


[Package ClinicalUtilityRecal version 0.1.0 Index]