NICE Reference Case Discount Rate

One of a set of functions that can be passed to argument r in the calculate_dQALY function, that implement common discounting regimes. Passing r_default to calculate_dQALY means choosing to apply the NICE reference case discount rate of 3.5% when calculating QALY loss due to death.

Usage

r_default(x)

Arguments

x

[numeric]

Number of years into the future.

Value

[numeric]

Discount rate x years the future.

Details

See also functions r_none, r_health, r_lt_health, r_lt_health_reduced.

Examples

r_default(10)
#> [1] 0.035
r_default(50)
#> [1] 0.035
r_default(100)
#> [1] 0.035