Estimating Disease Prevalence from Registry Data


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Documentation for package ‘rprev’ version 1.0.5

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counted_prevalence Count prevalence from registry data.
draw_incident_population Simulates an incident population according to a specific incidence model
extract_covars Returns the name of the covariates in the registry data set that are required by the survival model.
fixed_cure Builds survival models for diseases with cured fractions using population mortality tables
plot.incdiag Visualise disease incidence.
plot.survfit.prev Plot bootstrapped survival curves.
predict_survival_probability Predicts survival probability for given individuals at specific times.
prevalence Estimate point prevalence at an index date.
prevsim Simulated patient dataset.
rprev rprev: Estimate disease point prevalence using a combination of registry data and Monte Carlo simulations.
sim_prevalence Estimate prevalence using Monte Carlo simulation.
summary.survfit.prev Obtain N-year survival probability estimates.
survfit.prevalence Form bootstrapped survival curves.
test_homogeneity Inspects disease incidence for its compatibility with a homogeneous Poisson process.
test_prevalence_fit Test simulated prevalence fit.
UKmortality General population survival data.
validate_incidence_model Tests custom incidence models
validate_survival_model Tests that a custom survival object has the required attributes for use in the 'prevalence' function.