Finding Libraries Of Ready4 Modules

library(ready4)

Motivation

To use and combine health economic model modules it is first useful to find modules that have been developed using a common framework that promotes inter-operability.

Implementation

A table summarising currently available module libraries authored with the ready4 framework within a specified GitHub organisation can be retrieved from an online dataset by using the get_libraries_tb and update_libraries_tb functions.

Use

In the below example we will search for modules from the readyforwhatsnext model. The source code for these modules all reside in the ready4-dev GitHub repository. The value supplied to the gh_repo_1L_chr argument specifies the repository in which a dataset of readyforwhatsnext module libraries is stored.

libraries_tb <- get_libraries_tb(gh_repo_1L_chr = "ready4-dev/ready4") %>% update_libraries_tb(include_1L_chr = "modules", url_stub_1L_chr = "https://ready4-dev.github.io/")
## A character string is being returned. If this is not what you expected, it is likely to be the error message produced when the requested online resource has not been found. Set the not_chr_1L_lgl argument to TRUE to force a NULL return value when an internet resource is not found.

In this example, module libraries have been grouped in to the following thematic model “sections”.

libraries_tb$Section %>% unique()
## [1] "People"   "Places"   "Programs"

We can use the print_packages function to display a HTML summary of the module libraries currently available for each section. The resulting table summarises the types of module library (e.g. those for description, developing models or predicting with models), the name and purpose of those libraries, the locations from which development and archived library code can be downloaded and details of supporting documentation for each library (e.g. website, manuals and examples).

print_packages(libraries_tb, sections_chr = "People")
Type Package Purpose Documentation Code Examples
Describe and Validate Youth Mental Health Dataset Variables Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 12, 13
Score Multi-Attribute Utility Instruments Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 14, 15
Model Youth Choice Behaviours Citation , Website , Citation Dev , Archive
Implement Transfer to Utility Mapping Algorithms Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 16
Explore and Characterise Heterogeneity in Quality of Life Data Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive
Specify Models to Solve Inverse Problems Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 17
Transform Youth Outcomes to Health Utility Predictions Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 18 
print_packages(libraries_tb, sections_chr = "Places")
Type Package Purpose Documentation Code Examples
Model Australian Spatial Data Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive
Model Spatial Features of Health Systems Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 
print_packages(libraries_tb, sections_chr = "Programs")
Type Package Purpose Documentation Code Examples
Undertake Health Economic Budget Impact Analysis. Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive
Develop, Use and Share Unit Cost Datasets for Health Economic Citation , Website , Manual - Short (PDF) , Manual - Full (PDF) Dev , Archive 19, 20

Related content

Details of how to search for details on individual modules is described in another article.