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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Care Manag Sci. 2017 Aug 31:10.1007/s10729-017-9416-4. doi: 10.1007/s10729-017-9416-4
t−1 ≤0 Start with the half-space in time t − 1
Aft11M+1M+ft1βt1
≤0 Substitute AI=A(ft11M+1M+ft1)
CM+ft−1βt−1 ≤0 Use definition of C
N+(ft−1βt−1)CM+ft−1βt−1 ≤ (N+(ft−1βt−1))(0) Multiply both sides by positive scalar
CN+(ft−1βt−1)M+ft−1βt−1 ≤0 Move scalar
t ≤0 Use definition of (βt|βt−1, zt−1 = SS+)