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.
C
- Cohort TraceMarkov Trace, State-Occupancy Trace
- A cohort trace is the cycle-by-cycle record of a state-transition model’s expected cohort distribution across its health states under a specified strategy.
T
- Trace ValidationTrace Checking, Patient-Path Checking
- The review of a Markov model's cohort trace, the proportion of a modelled population in each health state over time, for clinical plausibility.