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.
H
- Health Expectancy
- A general term for measures combining mortality and morbidity data to estimate expected years lived in a specified health state, such as disability-free.
S
- Sullivan Method
- A technique for calculating health expectancy measures by combining age-specific mortality rates from a life table with age-specific prevalence rates of disability.