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
- 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.
C
- Cost-of-Illness StudyCOI Study, Burden of Disease Costing
- A cost-of-illness study is a descriptive economic analysis that identifies, measures and values the healthcare resource use, patient and caregiver costs, productivity losses and other economic consequences attributable to a disease, injury or risk factor in a defined population and period.
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- Top-Down Cost-of-IllnessPrevalence-Based Cost-of-Illness, Aggregate Cost-of-Illness
- A cost-of-illness study estimating disease-specific cost by apportioning a share of national or aggregate expenditure statistics to a particular condition.