Glossaries
Curated term collections organised by topic. Each glossary brings together the core vocabulary of a health economics area, with every term linking to its canonical Dictionary or Encyclopaedia entry.
12 glossaries
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Terms used to compare the costs and health effects of alternative interventions and judge value for money.
42 terms
View glossaryEconomic Modelling
Terms for building and checking decision models, including decision trees, Markov models and simulation methods.
40 terms
View glossaryEvidence Synthesis
Terms for finding, appraising and pooling research evidence, including systematic review and network meta-analysis.
38 terms
View glossaryHTA & Reimbursement
Terms for how health technology assessment bodies appraise new technologies and reach funding decisions.
43 terms
View glossaryOutcomes & Quality of Life
Terms for measuring and valuing health outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes, utility values and QALYs.
38 terms
View glossaryPricing & Market Access
Terms for how medicine prices are set and negotiated and how patients gain access to new treatments.
40 terms
View glossaryUncertainty & Value of Information
Terms for describing and quantifying uncertainty in economic evaluations and for valuing further research.
37 terms
View glossarySurvival Analysis
Terms for analysing time-to-event data and extrapolating survival curves for use in economic models.
38 terms
View glossaryCosting & Resource Use
Terms for identifying, measuring and valuing the resources used in health care.
40 terms
View glossaryBudget Impact Analysis
Terms for estimating the financial consequences of adopting a new intervention within a specific budget.
28 terms
View glossaryHealth Financing & Insurance
Terms for how health systems raise and pool funds, insure populations and pay providers.
39 terms
View glossaryClinical Trials & Real-World Evidence
Terms for clinical trial design and for evidence drawn from routine practice outside trials.
40 terms
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