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.
A
- Advanced Sustainability Evaluation
- A sustainability evaluation applying sophisticated modelling to project whether a programme's costs and benefits can be maintained given anticipated resource constraints.
C
- Contemporary Sustainability Evaluation
- A sustainability evaluation based on current funding structures and resource constraints rather than historical assumptions that may no longer hold.
F
- Fundamental Sustainability Evaluation
- A sustainability evaluation limited to the single most critical resource constraint threatening a programme's continuation, without a fuller analysis.
I
- International Sustainability Evaluation
- A sustainability evaluation comparing the long-term viability of similar programmes across different countries facing different resource constraints.
N
- Novel Sustainability Evaluation
- A sustainability evaluation employing a new projection method or resource constraint not previously considered in assessing long-term viability.
P
- Practical Innovation Assessment
- An innovation assessment designed to produce a usable recommendation within the time and resource constraints decision-making bodies actually face.
R
- Resource Constraint
- A limit on the total resources, such as budget, staff, or facilities, available to an organisation, within which competing demands must be prioritised.
S
- Sustainability Criterion
- A standard judging whether continued funding for a technology is likely to remain financially viable long term given future resource constraints.