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The terms describe how NICE works and how its guidance is produced.</p> <p>Our glossary excludes specific clinical and medical terms. If you cannot find the term you are looking for, please <a href="mailto:NICEGlossary@nice.org.uk">email us</a> so that we can consider adding it to the glossary.</p> <p>Some definitions and examples are based on those in the <a href="http://htaglossary.net/HomePage">HTAi consumer and patient glossary</a>, with thanks to Health Technology Assessment International.</p> <p>For terms used in social care, the <a href="http://www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/Browse/Informationandadvice/CareandSupportJargonBuster/">Care and Support Jargon Buster</a> from Think Local Act Personal is a useful guide to the most commonly used social care words and phrases, and what they mean.</p> </div> <div id="glossary-list"> <ul class="media-list"> <li class="media" id="Univariate sensitivity analysis"> <h2 class="h4">Univariate sensitivity analysis</h2> <div class="media-body"> <p>A <a href="/Glossary/sensitivity-analysis">sensitivity analysis</a> in which only one parameter is varied, to see how it affects the output of an economic model.</p> </div> </li> <li class="media" id="Unlicensed medicine"> <h2 class="h4">Unlicensed medicine</h2> <div class="media-body"> <p>A medicine that does not have a UK marketing authorisation for any indication.</p> </div> </li> <li class="media" id="Unstructured data"> <h2 class="h4">Unstructured data</h2> <div class="media-body"> <p>Data that is not stored in a structured data model with pre-defined formats. Common types of unstructured data include free text or imaging data.</p> </div> </li> <li class="media" id="Utility"> <h2 class="h4">Utility</h2> <div class="media-body"> <p>In health economics, a 'utility' is the measure of the preference or value that an individual or society gives a particular health state. It is generally a number between 0 (representing death) and 1 (perfect health). The most widely used measure of benefit in cost-utility analysis is the quality-adjusted life year, which combines quality of life with length of life. 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