# Parameters --------------------------------------------------------------

`excess mortality` <- 1.65
`retirement rate` <- 0.02128
`death rate` <- 0.00198371022638523
`mean duration of chronicity (year)` <- 3.95964163041925
`increased relapse 1` <- 0.5
`increased relapse 2` <- 0.7
`increased relapse 3` <- 0.899999976158142
`increased relapse 4` <- 0.949999988079071
`increased relapse 5` <-  0.990000009536743
`discount rate daly averted`  <- 0.015
`discount rate costs` <-  0.03
`dw conversion factor` <- 0.172
`Lower range dw conversion factor` <- 0.154
`Upper range dw conversion factor` <-  2*`dw conversion factor` - `Lower range dw conversion factor`
`Scale/shape Gamma cost distribution` <- 6
