[R] Decision Trees or Markov Models for Cost Effectiveness

[stefan.duke at gmail.com]

Hi Noah,

I did ask basically the same question about a year ago and there
wasn't anything around
(http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e14/help/11/06/3651.html)
Although I agree that R would be very suitable for this kind of
calculations exist. I guess one reason is that a decision tree is not
really a branch of statistics. The  advanced user of a decision tree
will more likely program something in Excel.
If you find something, please let us know.

Best,
Stefan


On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Noah Silverman <noahsilverman at ucla.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was just assigned to perform a cost effectiveness study in healthcare.  We are studying the cost effectiveness of a proposed diagnostic vs. current screening procedures.
>
> One of the team members suggest a commercial software package called "TreeAge Pro".  Looking at the description, it appears to be a nice GUI to some very simple models that could be easily constructed in R.
>
> Are there any packages in R for this type of analysis?
> Additionally, does anyone have any suggestions in general regarding doing this type of analysis in R?
>
> Thank You,
>
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