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		Parameter Converter and Calculator for Health Technology
		Assessment // An interactive 'shiny' application for Health
		Technology Assessment (HTA) parameter estimation. Converts
		between rates, probabilities, odds, and hazard ratios (HR);
		extrapolates survival curves (Exponential, Weibull, Log-
		Logistic); fits probabilistic sensitivity analysis (PSA)
		distributions (Beta, Gamma, LogNormal, Dirichlet) via the
		method of moments; calculates incremental cost-effectiveness
		ratios (ICERs), net monetary benefit (NMB), value-based
		pricing, and budget impact; adjusts costs for inflation,
		discounting, and purchasing power parity (PPP) across 30
		countries; and adjusts background mortality using life-table
		methods. Designed for researchers building cost-effectiveness
		and budget-impact models who need auditable, formula-documented
		parameter transformations. Methods include Zhang and Yu (1998)
		doi:10.1001/jama.280.19.1690 for odds ratio (OR) to relative
		risk (RR) conversion and Chinn (2000, Statistics in Medicine,
		19, 3127-3131) for effect-size transformations.
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