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Economics of Health crossword

In celebration of Adrian Towse receiving the Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award at ISPOR Europe, we have developed an HEOR-themed crossword, using everyday words from health economics research.

We’re also working on an updated dictionary of health economics, to clarify and make accessible some of the language we use in the field. Select the ‘Subscribe’ button in the top corner to sign up for regular updates from OHE, including being the first to hear when it gets published.

How to complete the crossword

  • Click on any clue to highlight the corresponding cells in the crossword
  • Click on the cell and type in your answer to enjoy the challenge.
  • If the text turns green, you’re correct.
  • If you see a red cross next to the clue, try again.
  • And if you are really stuck, scroll down and reveal the answers!

About the Avedis Donabedian Award

Adrian Towse, Emeritus Director and Visiting Senior Research Fellow at OHE, has received the Avedis Donabedian Outcomes Research Lifetime Achievement Award from ISPOR- The Professional Society for Health Economis and Outcomes Research.

This award recognises individuals who have made outstanding, life-long contributions to improving health outcomes through research, leadership, and impact in the field of health economics and outcomes research.

Click below to reveal the answers

Answers

Across

3. Not the catwalk kind: the Excel kind – Modelling

5. U.S. group that doesn’t pretend to be nice – ICER

7. When future benefits are told they matter less – Discounting

9. When one diagnosis just isn’t enough – Comorbidity

11. Where innovation meets budget reality (abbr.) – HTA

12. Form of analysis weighing health gains versus cost – Cost-effectiveness

14. HTA body whose name suggests they’re friendly – NICE

15. What every new product hopes to beat – Comparator

Down

1. Health economist, Donabedian Awardee – Adrian

2. Analysis that checks if your model freaks out easily – Sensitivity

4. What everyone says they want… at a discount – Innovation

6. Outcome measure that helps health economists make a living (abbr.) – QALY

8. Global society that knows the value of HEOR (abbr.) – ISPOR

10. World’s oldest health economics organisation. For many years Adrian’s natural habitat (abbr.) – OHE

13. The invisible line where an intervention becomes “worth it” – Threshold