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
- Clinical Analytics
- The application of data analysis to clinical data, such as electronic health records, generating insights for decision-making or research.
E
- Electronic Health Record
- A digital record of a patient's medical history maintained by providers, capturing diagnoses, laboratory results, and treatment history in detail.
M
- Modern Access Assessment
- An access assessment that incorporates current data infrastructure, such as electronic health records, into the evaluation of access barriers.
- Modern Cost Analysis
- A cost analysis incorporating current data sources, such as electronic health records and administrative claims, into estimating resource use.
- Modern Decision Analysis
- A decision analysis incorporating current modelling software and data sources, such as electronic health records, into structuring the decision.
- Modern Effectiveness Research
- Effectiveness research incorporating current data sources, such as electronic health records and claims data, into evaluating real-world treatment performance.
- Modern Outcome Assessment
- An outcome assessment incorporating current data infrastructure, such as electronic health records and patient-reported outcome tools, into the evaluation of care.
- Modern Performance Measurement
- A performance measurement incorporating current data infrastructure, such as electronic health records and real-time dashboards, into assessing performance.
- Modern Quality Evaluation
- A quality evaluation incorporating current data infrastructure, such as electronic health records and patient-reported outcome tools, into assessing care.
- Modern Risk Evaluation
- A risk evaluation incorporating current data sources, such as electronic health records and genomic data, into estimating risk.
R
- Real-World Evidence HTA
- The use of data from routine clinical practice, such as electronic health records, within an assessment to complement trial evidence.