natural

This function implements the natural course (i.e., model-based simulation) for the specified
intervention variable in the data table newdf. Because <code>newdf</code> is initiated with the
natural course, this function does nothing.

internal

Implements the non-iterative conditional expectation (NICE)
algorithm of the g-formula algorithm (Robins (1986)
<doi:10.1016/0270-0255(86)90088-6>, Hernán and Robins (2024, ISBN:9781420076165)).
The g-formula can estimate an outcome's counterfactual mean or risk under
hypothetical treatment strategies (interventions) when there is sufficient
information on time-varying treatments and confounders.
This package can be used for discrete or continuous time-varying treatments
and for failure time outcomes or continuous/binary end of follow-up
outcomes. The package can handle a random measurement/visit process and a
priori knowledge of the data structure, as well as censoring (e.g., by loss
to follow-up) and two options for handling competing events for failure time
outcomes. Interventions can be flexibly specified, both as interventions on
a single treatment or as joint interventions on multiple treatments.
See McGrath et al. (2020) <doi:10.1016/j.patter.2020.100008> for a guide on
how to use the package.

Sean McGrath

gfoRmula

Parametric G-Formula

Victoria Lin

Zilu Zhang

Roger W. Logan

Lucia C. Petito

Jing Li

McGee Emma

Cheng Carrie

Jessica G. Young

Miguel A. Hernán

2019 The President and Fellows of Harvard College 

natural function

<dl><dt>newdf</dt>
<dd>Data table containing the simulated data at time \(t\).</dd>
<dt>pool</dt>
<dd>Data table containing the simulated data at times before \(t\).</dd>
<dt>intvar</dt>
<dd>Character string specifying the name of the variable to be intervened on in each round of the simulation.</dd>
<dt>intvals</dt>
<dd>A list of user-specified values for the intervention.</dd>
<dt>time_name</dt>
<dd>Character string specifying the name of the time variable in <code>pool</code> and <code>newdf</code>.</dd>
<dt>t</dt>
<dd>Integer specifying the current time index.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Natural Course Intervention — natural

<dl>

<dt>newdf</dt>
<dd>Data table containing the simulated data at time \(t\).</dd>


<dt>pool</dt>
<dd>Data table containing the simulated data at times before \(t\).</dd>


<dt>intvar</dt>
<dd>Character string specifying the name of the variable to be intervened on in each round of the simulation.</dd>


<dt>intvals</dt>
<dd>A list of user-specified values for the intervention.</dd>


<dt>time_name</dt>
<dd>Character string specifying the name of the time variable in <code>pool</code> and <code>newdf</code>.</dd>


<dt>t</dt>
<dd>Integer specifying the current time index.</dd>

</dl>

Natural Course Intervention

natural: Natural Course Intervention

Description

Usage

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