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
- Administrative CensoringEnd-of-Study Censoring, Administrative Right Censoring
- A form of right censoring occurring because a study reaches its planned end date before every participant has experienced the event of interest.
L
- Log-Rank TestMantel-Cox Test, Mantel-Haenszel Survival Test
- The log-rank test is a nonparametric hypothesis test that compares the event-time distributions of two or more groups by accumulating observed-minus-expected events across distinct event times while accounting for right censoring.
R
- Right CensoringRight-Censored Data, Type I Censoring
- The most common form of censoring, occurring when follow-up ends or a patient is lost before the event of interest has occurred.