Terminology
Dr Foster collects a lot of data and uses different methods to present medical and comparative health information in interesting and useful ways to the health consumer.
The statistical and methodological terms used in the guides may not be familiar to many, so we have compiled a list of the most common terms. We have also included some of the medical terminology used to explain certain health statistics.
Find out more about the statistical and healthcare terms behind the information contained in the Hospital Guide and the other online resources of Dr Foster Health by selecting a term from the terminology index below.
- Actual value versus expected value
- Average
- Carstairs
- Charlson Co-morbidity Index (CCI)
- Clinical Classification System (CCS)
- Co-morbidity
- Confidence intervals
- Control limits
- Door-to-ballon time
- Elective admission to hospital
- Emergency admission to hospital
- Hospital Episode Statistics (HES)
- Hospital spell
- ICD10 codes
- ICD-9-CM codes
- IMD 2004
- Indirect Standardisation (SMRs)
- Inpatient
- Logistic regression
- Median
- Outpatient
- Primary care
- Relative risk
- Secondary care
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