Function reference • QALY

QALY calculation set-up
`person_health_years()`	Person health years object constructor
`HSUV()`	Health State Utility Value
QALY-based calculations
`calc_QALY()`	Calculate Quality-Adjusted Life Years
`calc_QALY_population()`	Calculate QALYs for population
`QALY_survival()`	QALY_survival
`QoL_by_age()`	QoL_by_age
`total_QALYs()`	Calculate Life-Time QALYs
Cost-based functions
`inflation_adjust_cost()`	Calculate annual inflation adjusted costs
Helper functions
`make_discount()`	Make an Encapsulated Discount Function
`condition()`	condition
`discount()`	Discounted values over time
`excess_lifetime()`	Excess lifetime
`expand_utilities()`	expand_utilities
`fillin_trailing_utilities()`	Fill-in missing trailing utilities with last value
`fillin_utilities()`	fillin_utilities
`forbidden_negative_error()`	forbidden_negative_error
Outputs Printing and plotting
`plot(<HRQoL>)`	plot HRQoL_year
`print(<HRQoL>)`	print.HRQoL
Data
`annual_inflation_HCHS`	PSSRU annual inflation hospital and community health services (HCHS)
`annual_inflation_CPI`	Consumer Price Inflation (CPI)
`GDP_deflators`	ONS GDP_Deflators_Qtrly_National_Accounts
`lifetable`	ONS National life tables: UK

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