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Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2016 Jul 24;35(28):5189–5209. doi: 10.1002/sim.7047

Table 2.

Finding the optimal policy among M policies

For Each policy m ∈ {1, 2,…, M}, find the average, and upper and lower 95% confidence bounds for the total loss in the population’s net health benefit (denoted respectively by R̄_m, U_m, and L_m) using equal number of simulation runs.
Set
- m^* ← 1
- R̄^* ← R̄₁
- U^* ← U₁
- L^* ← L₁
For m = 2 To M:
- If (R̄_m < R̄^* And U_m ≤ U^*) Or (R̄_m ≥ R̄^* And L_m < R̄^* And U_m < U^*):
  - m^* ← m
  - R̄^* ← R̄_m
  - U^* ← U_m
  - L^* ← L_m
- End If
Return m^*