Prevalence to Incidence Calculations for Point-Prevalence Studies in a Nosocomial Setting

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Documentation for package ‘prevtoinc’ version 0.12.0

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prevtoinc-package	prevtoinc:
A_to_X_dist	function to transform the distribution of stays to a fixed point to the distribution of the staying times
calculate_CI_I_pp	Calculate confidence intervals for Grenander estimator of Ipp based on asymptotics
calculate_I	Function to calculate different estimators for I from PPS data.
calculate_I_mixed	Function to calculate incidence from PPS data using a mix of two estimators
calculate_I_rhame	Function to calculate incidence from PPS data using a Rhame-Sudderth like approach with estimates for x.loi and x.los supplied.
calculate_I_smooth	Estimate the incidence based on PPS data using monotone estimators for the distribution of A.
CI_np_bs	Function to calculate confidence intervals I.pp for gren estimator with bootstrap method based on Grenander estimator
create_dist_vec	Create vector of probabilities for a finite positive discrete distribution
create_patient_history_add	Function to simulate a single hospital bed trajectory
epmf	Calculate empirical probability mass function for a discrete positive distribution starting at 1
generate_I_fast	Function to simulate PPS and data and calculate a number of estimators
geom_dist_fct	Probability mass function for a geometric distribution shifted by one and resulting expected value 8
length_biased_dist	Calculate length-biased distribution from discrete length-unbiased distribution starting at 1
length_unbiased_mean	Calculate mean of length-unbiased distribution from discrete length-biased distribution starting at 1
monotone_smoother	Calculate a monotone probability mass function estimate
pois_dist_fct	Probability mass function for a Poisson distribution shifted by one and resulting expected value 8
prevtoinc	prevtoinc:
simulate_incidence_stats	Calculate theoretical values like x.los, x.loi and other characteristics of the patient population
simulate_incidence_stats_fast	Function to calculate theoretical value for x.loi and I
simulate_pps_data	Function to simulate PPS data
simulate_pps_fast	Faster method to generate data for PPS with only length of nosocomial infections as output
X_to_A_dist	Transform a distribution of times of stay to a distribution of staying-time up to observation point under assumption of steady state.