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Define a payer perspective for a budget impact model

Source: R/bim_payer.R
bim_payer.Rd

Specifies which costs are borne by the budget holder and the coverage fraction applied to drug costs. Pre-built payer functions cover the most common HTA settings.

Usage

bim_payer(
  name,
  perspective = c("healthcare_system", "payer", "societal"),
  cost_coverage = 1,
  description = NULL
)

Arguments

name

character(1). Descriptive payer name (e.g. "NHS England").

perspective

character(1). One of "healthcare_system", "payer", or "societal". Informational; affects reporting only.

cost_coverage

numeric(1). Proportion of costs covered by this payer. Must be in [0, 1]. Default 1.0 (100%).

description

character(1) or NULL. Optional free-text description appended to outputs.

Value

An object of class bim_payer.

See also

bim_payer_nhs(), bim_payer_default(), bim_model()

Examples

p <- bim_payer(
  name         = "NHS England",
  perspective  = "healthcare_system",
  cost_coverage = 1.0
)
print(p)
#> 
#> -- htaBIM Payer Perspective --
#> 
#> Name        : NHS England
#> Perspective : healthcare_system
#> Coverage    : 100%