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.
F
- Fleming-Harrington EstimatorFleming-Harrington Survival Estimator, Weighted Survival Estimator
- A statistical technique for estimating the survival function from censored data, more flexible than the Kaplan-Meier estimator in weighting events over time.
K
- Kaplan-Meier EstimatorKM Estimator, Kaplan-Meier Survival Estimate, Product Limit Estimator
- The Kaplan–Meier estimator calculates a non-parametric estimate of the survival function when follow-up can be right-censored.
- Kaplan-Meier MethodKM Method, Product-Limit Method
- The overall approach of estimating and comparing survival functions using the Kaplan-Meier estimator, accounting for censored observations in time-to-event data.
N
- Nelson-Aalen EstimatorNelson-Aalen, Cumulative Hazard Estimator
- A non-parametric method for estimating the cumulative hazard function from censored data, closely related to the Kaplan-Meier estimator.