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
- ConsistencyDirect-Indirect Agreement, Network Coherence
- Within network meta-analysis, the property that direct and indirect evidence for the same treatment pair agree with one another.
D
- Direct EvidenceWithin-Trial Comparative Evidence, Direct Trial Evidence
- Within network meta-analysis, evidence comparing two treatments from trials in which those treatments were directly compared, unlike indirect evidence.
I
- InconsistencyDirect-Indirect Discrepancy, Evidence Discordance
- Within network meta-analysis, a discrepancy between direct and indirect evidence for the same comparison, indicating the two sources disagree.
- Indirect EvidenceIndirect NMA Evidence, Chained Evidence
- Within network meta-analysis, evidence comparing two treatments derived through a chain of comparisons via a common comparator, not from direct trials.
N
- Network Meta-AnalysisNMA, Multiple-Treatments Meta-Analysis, Mixed Treatment Comparison, MTC
- Network meta-analysis, or NMA, compares three or more interventions by combining direct evidence from head-to-head studies with indirect evidence connected through common comparators.
- Node-SplittingNode-Split Model, Inconsistency Check
- A technique testing for inconsistency in a network meta-analysis by separately estimating direct and indirect evidence for one comparison and comparing them.