simCostData {ccostr}

Simulates censored cost data

Description

This function can be used to demonstrate the bias and coverage of the estimators in the ccmean function

Usage

simCostData(n = 100, dist = "unif", censor = "light",
  cdist = "exp", L = 10)

Arguments

n

Number of individuals to simulate

dist

Survival distribution either "unif" = unif(0,10) o r "exp" = exp (1/6)

censor

Censoring "light" ~ 25% or "heavy" ~ 40%, changes a bit depending on cdist

cdist

Distribution used to censor, "exp" exponential or "unif" uniform

L

Number of years to summarize over

Details

The function simulates survival times from either an uniform distribution or an exponential distribution, and a cost history. There are two options for censoring, heavy (~40 light (~25

Value

Simulation of censored cost

References

Lin DY, Feuer EJ, Etzioni R, Wax Y (1997). “Estimating Medical Costs from Incomplete Follow-Up Data.” Biometrics, 53(2), 419. ISSN 0006341X, doi: 10.2307/2533947.

Examples

# The simulated data can be used to show how the estimators perform

simCostData(n = 100, dist = "unif", censor = "light", cdist = "exp", L = 10)