Outcomes & Quality of Life

Terms for measuring and valuing health outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes, utility values and QALYs.

  • Topic: Outcomes & Quality of Life
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Mapping FunctionMapping Algorithm, Crosswalk Function, Transfer-to-Utility Function

The specific statistical relationship, typically estimated through regression, used within a mapping algorithm to convert a health status score into a predicted utility value.

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Minimal Clinically Important DifferenceMCID, Minimal Important Difference

The smallest change in an outcome measure that patients or clinicians would consider meaningful, used to judge whether a statistically significant result matters clinically.

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