Dictionary
The Dictionary provides concise definitions of health economics terms, arranged alphabetically for quick reference. Use it to understand unfamiliar terminology or confirm the meaning of a specific term.
B
- Background Mortality
- The rate of death from causes unrelated to the disease being studied, applied within a model alongside any additional disease-specific mortality risk.
C
- Cure Fraction Model
- A survival model separating a population into a cured subgroup facing only background mortality and an uncured subgroup remaining at risk of the disease event.
M
- Mixture Cure Model
- A cure model treating the population as a mixture of a cured fraction facing only background mortality and an uncured fraction remaining at risk.
S
- Standardised Mortality Ratio ApplicationStandardized Mortality Ratio Application
- The use of a standardised mortality ratio to adjust survival estimates for background mortality within a health economic model.