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Source: NEWS.md

healthiar 0.2.5

  • 11 August 2026

New features

  • attribute_lifetable() and prepare_lifetable() now have the new argument fraction_lived to enter the fraction of year lived specific for each age group. Previously, 0.5 was internally fixed for all age groups.
  • attribute_health() has been expanded to now accept the argument cutoff_ together with erf_eq_ in the absolute risk approach (consistent with relative risk risk). A warning is shown in this case because, for absolute risk, it is assumed that erf_eq_ already contains a cutoff.
  • Fractional positive deaths and bhd values (with values between 0 and 1) are now allowed for lifetable calculations.
  • The attributable deaths can now be quantifed with constant exposure in attribute_lifetable(). Previously, only possible with single year exposure.

Bug Fixes

  • Error when installing the package without package dependences has been prevented.
  • The wrong behaviour of erf_eq_lower and erf_eq_upper as string in attribute_health(), providing the same result for both, has been corrected.
  • The wrong behaviour of socialize() providing deciles for other requested quantiles has been fixed.
  • The wrong behaviour of get_paf() for categorical exposure distributions has been fixed.

Documentation

  • Bugs in references of function descriptions and vignette have been fixed.
  • More clear instructions on how to install the package has been provided.
  • Contributing and a Code of Conduct files (sections in pkgdown web pages) have been created to provide information on how to interact with the community.
  • The final version of paper published in the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS) is now available.
  • An updated citation of the package is now available refering to the JOSS paper.
  • CITATION.cff has been added.
  • The function descriptions and vignette have been updated to include instructions of new features.

Testing

  • Additional internal tests were added. Now a total of 382 test.

healthiar 0.2.4

CRAN release: 2026-03-12

  • 12 March 2026

Bug Fixes

  • Previously, monetize() used the argument inflation_factor for both adjusting discount_rate and increasing value overtime. This has been resolved by introducing a new argument called real_growth_rate.
    Now, inflation_rate is used exclusively for adjusting discount_rate, while real_growth_rate handles value growth overtime.

Other improvements

  • get_discount_factor() previously had inflation_rate as argument. Now, not anymore to keep different concepts separated.
  • get_inflation_factor() previously had discount_rate as argument. Now, not anymore to keep different concepts separated.

healthiar 0.2.3

CRAN release: 2026-02-19

  • 19 February 2026

New features

  • Using compare() after standardizing results from attribute_health() now works
  • For the sub-group analysis, exposure value can be specific for each geo_id_micro AND info column
  • The argument social_indicator and geo_id_micro in socialize() can now use tidy data
  • monetize() works after compare()
  • prepare_exposure() works for gridded population data

Bug Fixes

  • Using socialize() and standardize() without ref_prop_pop now works properly
  • Now attribute_lifetable() allows all lengths for age group (before, only 100 age categories were allowed)
  • The data validation now identifies correctly whether the argument n_years was entered by the user or not

Testing

  • 31 additional internal tests

Other improvements

  • The argument n_years has no default value anymore in monetize() and discount()
  • Error message if monetize() is used after compare() with different year of analysis or baseline health data in the two scenarios (not attributable to policy intervention)
  • More complete warning message if absolute risk and cutoff is provided

healthiar 0.2.2

CRAN release: 2026-01-09

  • 08 January 2026

Bug Fixes

  • results_raw now stratifies by info arguments

Documentation

  • New structure of vignette (by topic instead of by function)
  • Amendments in readme file in terms of contents and structure including URL to new healthiar website
  • Updated and fixed citation

Testing

  • Around 70 additional internal tests for attribute_health()

healthiar 0.2.1

CRAN release: 2025-11-11

  • 06 November 2025

Bug Fixes

  • time_horizon did not work in attribute_lifetable()
  • population was not summed correct in attribute_lifetable()
  • health_detailed in attribute_health() provided a duplicated rows for results by geo_id_micro

Other improvements

  • Better sampling in summarize_uncertainty() using RNG and package parallel
  • Other changes to comply with with manual review of CRAN

healthiar 0.1.1

  • 19 September 2025

Other improvements

  • Small changes to comply with with automatic review of CRAN

healthiar 0.1.0

  • 19 September 2025 (1st submission to CRAN, automatic review)

New Features

  • New function get_inflation_rate()
  • New argument in cba(): inflation rate
  • geo ids can now have different number of exposure categories

Bug Fixes

  • Argument time_horizon was not working

Renamings

  • discount_years was renamed to n_years
  • inflatoin was renamed to inflation_rate
  • attribute_by_sim was renamed to impact_by_sim
  • positive_impact was renamed to impact_benefit

Other improvements

  • attribute_by_sim_disaggregated is not anymore available as output
  • attribute_by_geo_id_micro is not anymore available as output
  • Faster performance of summarize_uncertainty()

healthiar 0.0.4

  • 01 September 2025

New Features

  • New function prepare_lifetable()
  • Argument info can have different values
  • Argument info also available in monetize()
  • Data validation in socialize()

Renamings

  • geo_id_disaggregated is now geo_id_micro
  • geo_id_aggregated is now geo_id_macro
  • output_attribute_1 in attribute_mod() is now output_attribute
  • Arguments with suffix _1 and _2 in compare() are now _scen_1 and _scen_2
  • Arguments with exposure_ are now exp_
  • Arguments with suffix _1 and _2 in multiexpose() are now _exp_1 and _exp_2
  • And many other renames in output columns and variables

Other improvements

  • More consistent sum of results
  • Higher speed because of shorter and/or optimized code in attribute_…() functions

healthiar 0.0.3

  • 14 July 2025

New Features

  • No lists (vectors) as input for multiple geo units
  • Arguments age_group & sex in attribute_health() and attribute_lifetable()
  • Detailed results of simulations by geo unit in summarize_uncertainty()
  • New structure of input_args

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed bug in socialize()
  • Fixed bug attribute_lifetable()

Renamings

  • Rename: impact_raw is now results_raw
  • Rename: listed_output_attribute is now output_attribute

Other improvements

  • Higher performance of attribute_()
  • Data validation in monetize()
  • Data validation in summarize_uncertainty()
  • More validation in attribute_…()

healthiar 0.0.2

  • 02 June 2025

New Features

  • New function standardize()
  • Improved and corrected function socialize()
  • Expanded usability of summarize_uncertainty()
  • Enabled single exposure in absolute risk

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed compare() to avoid errors when using erf_eq
  • Fixed warning in socialize()
  • Fixed bug in prepare_exposure()

Renamings

  • Arguments results or output_healthiar become output_attribute
  • Internal variable rr_conc (visible in results of attribute functions) becomes rr_at_exp

Other improvements

  • Input data validation in compare()
  • Warning if cutoff is NULL and 0 as default

healthiar 0.0.1

  • 05 May 2025

New Features

  • Version number was added
  • Columns with health impacts were moved to the front in results

Bug Fixes

  • Results for impact per 100k inhab. have been corrected
  • Exposure lower than cut-off must result in zero health impact

Renamings

  • get_pop_fraction() becomes intern function
  • get_mdi() was renamed to prepare_mdi()
  • get_multiexposure() was renamed to multiexpose()
  • get_daly was renamed to daly()

Other improvements

  • Custom warning and error messages are now available in attribute_health()