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
- Cycle StructureModel Cycle Organisation, Temporal Model Structure
- The overall organisation of time within a Markov model, including the chosen cycle length and total number of cycles across the time horizon.
M
- Model StructureModel Architecture, Structural Form
- The overall organisation of a health economic model, including its technique, the health states or events represented, and how they link together.
N
- Non-Mixture Cure ModelNon-Mixture Cure Rate Model, Bounded Cumulative Hazard Cure Model
- An alternative cure model structure formulating survival directly in terms of the cured fraction without explicitly splitting the population into two subgroups.
O
- Outcome StructureOutcome Model Structure, Results-Pathway Architecture
- The way a decision-analytic model links its outcomes, including how intermediate clinical events translate into measures such as QALYs and total cost.
S
- Sensitivity AnalysisSA, Robustness Analysis, Sensitivity Analysis Methods
- Sensitivity analysis examines how conclusions change when uncertain inputs, assumptions or model structures are varied.