 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

Without administrative stopping, the probability that one patient experiences $A$ before $B$ is $\theta/(\theta+\phi)$. For $n$ patients the expected event count is therefore
$$
\boxed{\mathbb E[v_+]=n\frac{\theta}{\theta+\phi}.}
$$

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