Get timpepoint that has the most sites and patients

Usage

get_max_sites_and_subjects(
  timepoint_ranks,
  this_time_point_count_min,
  this_max_share_missing,
  dataset,
  this_subject_count_min,
  subjects
)

Arguments

timepoint_ranks: a vector with all time point ranks
this_time_point_count_min: Minimum number of time points a time series must have.
this_max_share_missing: Maximum share of missing measuremnents a subject can have.
dataset: Description of parameter x.
this_subject_count_min: Minimum number of subjects per time series.
subjects: Data frame with one row per study subject.

Value

integer with optimized timepoint

Details

is called by pick_timepoint combos. uses the same for loop to iterate over possible timeseries and returns eligable patients and sites. returns highest timepoint rank that has the highest number of sites with the highest number of patients. As NA values can occur randomly patient elegibility can vary depending on the timepoint range. It is not necessarily the shortest range that has the most patients. This is why we iteratively need to determine the optimal conditions using the for loop.