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.
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- Bottom-Up Cost-of-IllnessBottom-Up COI, Prevalence-Based Bottom-Up Costing
- A cost-of-illness study estimating a disease's economic burden by aggregating detailed cost data collected at the individual patient level.
- Bottom-Up CostingIngredient-Based Costing, Patient-Level Costing
- Bottom-up costing estimates the cost of care by measuring the resources used for a patient, service, or pathway and valuing each resource with an appropriate unit cost.