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.
A
- Administrative DatabaseAdmin Database, Administrative Claims Database
- A large-scale collection of administrative data, such as insurance claims or government health records, made available for secondary research use.
C
- Claims DataBilling Data, Payer Claims Records
- Records generated when providers bill insurers for services, capturing diagnoses, procedures, and prescriptions filled, though not direct clinical detail such as lab values.
- Claims DatabaseClaims Data Warehouse, Insurance Claims Repository
- A large, structured collection of insurance claims data assembled from one or more payers, used to study healthcare utilisation and cost.
F
- Fraud Analytics HealthHealthcare Fraud Analytics, Claims Fraud Detection
- The application of data analysis to identify patterns suggestive of healthcare fraud or abuse within claims data, prioritising compliance investigation.
P
- Patient Safety IndicatorPSI, Safety Indicator
- A standardised measure identifying potentially preventable complications during hospital care, using administrative claims data to flag cases for review.
S
- Secondary Data AnalysisSecondary Analysis, Retrospective Data Analysis
- The use of data originally collected for a purpose other than the current research question, such as insurance claims data used to study treatment patterns.