| Benefit transfer |
Use of information designed for one specific con.text to address policy questions in another context |
| Cycle |
Time horizon of the Markov simulation divided into equal increments of time; e.g. one year |
| DDD |
Defined Daily Dose. Based on definition from WHO, the recommended units of medication for one day |
| Direct costs |
Value of medical resources directly related to the treatment |
| Disease state |
Progression of a disease characterised by distinct disease situations (states) |
| DRG |
Diagnosis Related Groups. System used to assign costs to hospital services |
| Gross production loss |
Value of lost production possibilities |
| GP |
General Practitioner |
| HA |
Hospital Ambulatory |
| ICD-10 |
International Classification of diseases. 10th revision. |
| Indirect costs |
Value of individual welfare loss and production loss |
| Markov model |
State transition model describing progression of a disease or event |
| Markov model |
Markov model where the transition probabilities vary (Time dependent) over time |
| MS |
Medical Specialist |
| Net production loss |
Value of lost net saving to the economy |
| Transition probability |
Probability of moving from one state to another during a single cycle |
| Unit cost estimate |
Cost per event (e.g. episode of acute headache) or per disease over lifetime (lung cancer) |
| Utilisation rate |
Number of services used within a given time period |
| VLS |
Value of a statistical life |
| WTP |
Willingness to pay |