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
- Common ComparatorShared Comparator, Common Reference Treatment
- A treatment directly compared against two or more other treatments in separate trials, providing the link needed for an indirect comparison.
I
- Indirect ComparisonAnchored Comparison, Bucher Method, Indirect Treatment Comparison, ITC
- A method estimating the relative effect of two treatments never studied against each other directly, using their separate effects versus a shared comparator.
M
- Matching-Adjusted Indirect ComparisonMAIC, Weighted Indirect Comparison
- A method comparing treatments from separate trials with different populations by reweighting one trial's patient data to match the other trial's reported characteristics.