TrialEmulation (version 0.0.4.2)

internal-methods: Internal Methods

Description

Various S4 methods which are not directly for use by users.

Usage

# S4 method for trial_sequence,data.frame
set_data(
  object,
  data,
  censor_at_switch,
  id = "id",
  period = "period",
  treatment = "treatment",
  outcome = "outcome",
  eligible = "eligible"
)
# S4 method for trial_sequence
set_expansion_options(
  object,
  output,
  chunk_size = 0,
  first_period = 0,
  last_period = Inf,
  censor_at_switch
)
# S4 method for trial_sequence
expand_trials(object)

Arguments

object

A trial_sequence object

data

A data.frame containing all the required variables in the person-time format, i.e., the <U+2018>long<U+2019> format.

id

Name of the variable for identifiers of the individuals. Default is <U+2018>id<U+2019>.

period

Name of the variable for the visit/period. Default is <U+2018>period<U+2019>.

treatment

Name of the variable for the treatment indicator at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>treatment<U+2019>.

outcome

Name of the variable for the indicator of the outcome event at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>outcome<U+2019>.

eligible

Name of the variable for the indicator of eligibility for the target trial at that visit/period. Default is <U+2018>eligible<U+2019>.