BCEA
Contents
Overview
Perform Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in R. Given the results of a Bayesian model (possibly based on MCMC) in the form of simulations from the posterior distributions of suitable variables of costs and clinical benefits for two or more interventions, produces a health economic evaluation. Compares one of the interventions (the "reference") to the others ("comparators").
Features
Main features of BCEA include:
- Cost-effectiveness analysis plots, such as CE planes and CEAC
- Summary statistics and tables
- EVPPI calculations and plots
Installation
The development version can be installed using this GitHub repository. On Windows machines, you need to install a few dependencies, including Rtools first, e.g. by running
pkgs <- c("MASS", "Rtools", "remotes")
repos <- c("https://cran.rstudio.com", "https://inla.r-inla-download.org/R/stable")
install.packages(pkgs, repos=repos, dependencies = "Depends")before installing the package using remotes:
remotes::install_github("giabaio/BCEA", ref="dev")Under Linux or MacOS, it is sufficient to install the package via remotes:
install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("giabaio/BCEA", ref="dev")Further details
The pkgdown site is here.
More details on BCEA are available in our book Bayesian Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with the R Package BCEA (published in the UseR! Springer series). Also, details about the package, including some references and links to a pdf presentation and some posts on my own blog) are given here.
Licence
GPL-3 © G Baio.
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.