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.
P
- Propensity ScorePS, Treatment Probability Score
- The estimated probability that an individual would receive a particular treatment given their observed characteristics, used to balance confounders in observational studies.
- Propensity Score MatchingPSM, Matched-Cohort PS Analysis
- Propensity score matching is an observational study design method that pairs treated and untreated individuals with similar probabilities of treatment given measured baseline characteristics to estimate a treatment contrast in the population retained by the matches.