Table 3.
Characteristics of the simulation settings under consideration.
| Rates | Simulation-I | Simulation-II |
|---|---|---|
| Failure | 0.143 | 0.084 |
| Always treated | 0.261 | 0.051 |
| Never treated | 0.046 | 0.150 |
| Partially treated | 0.692 | 0.799 |
| Discontinuation | 0.001† | - |
| Mean visits | 9.367 | 8.943 |
†
Simulation-I allows a few exceptions (19 out of 25, 000) where there are discontinuations. However, the proportion of discontinuation in the simulation-I dataset is negligible (0.00076) and we do not expect any noticeable impact in the results due to this small number of exceptions.