Plot time from event to observation end for censored and uncensored time.
Source:R/Plots.R
plotEventObservationDependence.RdPlot time from event to observation end for censored and uncensored time.
Arguments
- studyPopulation
An object created using the
createStudyPopulation()function.- title
Optional: the main title for the plot
- fileName
Name of the file where the plot should be saved, for example 'plot.png'. See the function
ggplot2::ggsave()for supported file formats.
Value
A ggplot object. Use the ggplot2::ggsave() function to save to file in a different
format.
Details
This plot shows whether there is a difference in time between (first) event and the observation period end for periods that are ' censored' and those that are 'uncensored'. By 'censored' we mean periods that end before we would normally expect. Here, we define periods to be uncensored if they end at either the study end date (if specified), database end date (i.e. the date after which no data is captured in the database), or maximum age (if specified). All other periods are assumed to be censored.
As proposed by Farrington et al., by comparing the two plots, we can gain some insight into whether the censoring is dependent on the occurrence of the event.