--- title: "Full-Form DCEA Tutorial" output: rmarkdown::html_vignette vignette: > %\VignetteIndexEntry{Full-Form DCEA Tutorial} %\VignetteEngine{knitr::rmarkdown} %\VignetteEncoding{UTF-8} --- ```{r setup, include = FALSE} knitr::opts_chunk$set(collapse = TRUE, comment = "#>") library(dceasimR) ``` ## When to use full-form DCEA Full-form DCEA is appropriate when subgroup-specific clinical evidence is available — for example, differential uptake by deprivation, differential survival benefit by SES, or trial subgroup data stratified by socioeconomic characteristics. ## The inequality staircase The five steps of the staircase define how patient-level benefit distributes across IMD groups: 1. **Disease prevalence** — who gets the disease? 2. **Eligibility** — who meets criteria for the treatment? 3. **Uptake / access** — who actually receives it? 4. **Clinical effect** — what QALY gain does each group achieve? 5. **Opportunity cost** — what health is displaced in each group? ## Worked example: NSCLC with subgroup evidence ```{r baseline} baseline <- get_baseline_health("england", "imd_quintile") ``` ### Subgroup-specific CEA inputs ```{r subgroup-data} subgroup_data <- tibble::tibble( group = 1:5, group_label = paste("IMD Q", 1:5), inc_qaly = c(0.28, 0.36, 0.44, 0.51, 0.57), inc_cost = c(13200, 12800, 12400, 12000, 11600), pop_share = c(0.28, 0.24, 0.20, 0.16, 0.12) ) subgroup_data ``` ### Differential uptake ```{r uptake} uptake <- c(0.58, 0.63, 0.68, 0.73, 0.77) ``` ### Run full-form DCEA ```{r run-full-dcea} result_full <- run_full_dcea( subgroup_cea_results = subgroup_data, baseline_health = baseline, wtp = 20000, opportunity_cost_threshold = 13000, uptake_by_group = uptake ) summary(result_full) ``` ### Visualise ```{r plane, fig.width = 6, fig.height = 5} plot_equity_impact_plane(result_full) ``` ### Inequality staircase ```{r staircase-data} sc_data <- build_staircase_data( group = 1:5, group_labels = paste("IMD Q", 1:5), prevalence = c(0.08, 0.07, 0.06, 0.05, 0.04), eligibility = c(0.70, 0.72, 0.74, 0.76, 0.78), uptake = uptake, clinical_effect = subgroup_data$inc_qaly, opportunity_cost = subgroup_data$inc_cost / 13000 ) ``` ```{r staircase-plot, fig.width = 7, fig.height = 6} plot_inequality_staircase(sc_data) ```