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.
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- Individual Patient Data Meta-AnalysisIPD Meta-Analysis, IPD-MA, Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis, Participant-Level Meta-Analysis, Patient-Level Meta-Analysis
- Individual patient data meta-analysis systematically obtains, checks, and jointly synthesises participant-level records from eligible studies to estimate effects and investigate variation across studies or patients.
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- One-Stage Meta-AnalysisOne-Step Meta-Analysis, IPD One-Stage Model
- An individual patient data meta-analysis analysing combined patient-level data from all studies within a single unified statistical model.
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- Two-Stage Meta-AnalysisTwo-Step Meta-Analysis, Aggregate-Then-Pool Analysis
- An individual patient data meta-analysis first analysing each study separately, then combining the resulting study-level estimates using standard methods.