Therapeutic Inertia
The TherapeuticInertia
component models the phenomenon where treatment algorithms deviate from
clinical guidelines — for example, when a clinician does not escalate
treatment even though guidelines recommend it.
How It Works
At setup, a single scalar value is drawn from a triangular distribution and
exposed as the therapeutic_inertia
attribute pipeline. This value represents the
probability that treatment is not escalated during a healthcare visit, and
remains constant for the entire simulation.
The triangular distribution is parameterized by three values:
triangle_min— lower bound of the distribution (default 0.65)triangle_max— upper bound of the distribution (default 0.9)triangle_mode— the peak (most likely value) of the distribution (default 0.875)
Configuration
configuration:
therapeutic_inertia:
triangle_min: 0.65
triangle_max: 0.9
triangle_mode: 0.875
Other components can consume the therapeutic_inertia pipeline to
incorporate this probability into their treatment decision logic.