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
- Clinical OutcomeTreatment Outcome, Clinical Result
- A measurement of how a patient feels, functions, or survives following an intervention, ranging from biomarker changes to overall survival.
O
- Overall SurvivalOS, Total Survival
- Overall survival is the time from a prespecified origin, such as randomization, diagnosis, or treatment initiation, until death from any cause, with participants not known to have died censored at their last date known alive.