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BCEA (version 2.2-3)

ceac.plot: Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curve (CEAC) plot

Description

Produces a plot of the Cost-Effectiveness Acceptability Curve (CEAC) against the willingness to pay threshold

Usage

ceac.plot(he, comparison = NULL, pos = c(1,0),  graph = c("base","ggplot2"))

Arguments

he
A bcea object containing the results of the Bayesian modelling and the economic evaluation.
comparison
Selects the comparator, in case of more than two interventions being analysed. Default as NULL plots all the comparisons together. Any subset of the possible comparisons can be selected (e.g., comparison=c(1,3) or comparison=2).
pos
Parameter to set the position of the legend (only relevant for multiple interventions, ie more than 2 interventions being compared). Can be given in form of a string (bottom|top)(right|left) for base graphics and bottom, top, left or right for ggplot2. It can be a two-elements vector, which specifies the relative position on the x and y axis respectively, or alternatively it can be in form of a logical variable, with FALSE indicating to use the default position and TRUE to place it on the bottom of the plot. Default value is c(1,0), that is the bottomright corner inside the plot area.
graph
A string used to select the graphical engine to use for plotting. Should (partial-)match the two options "base" or "ggplot2". Default value is "base".

Value

ceac
A ggplot object containing the plot. Returned only if graph="ggplot2".
The function produces a plot of the cost-effectiveness acceptability curve against the discrete grid of possible values for the willingness to pay parameter. Values of the CEAC closer to 1 indicate that uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness of the reference intervention is very low. Similarly, values of the CEAC closer to 0 indicate that uncertainty in the cost-effectiveness of the comparator is very low.

References

Baio, G., Dawid, A. P. (2011). Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis in Health Economics. Statistical Methods in Medical Research doi:10.1177/0962280211419832.

Baio G. (2012). Bayesian Methods in Health Economics. CRC/Chapman Hall, London

See Also

bcea