The fast-moving field of data science is increasingly permeating the health and care actuarial sciences. Given this context, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries set out to form a “techniques in data science in health and care” working party. This working party was tasked with creating a framework to assist health and care actuaries in determining the appropriate techniques for their projects. 

The framework presented consists of an itemised checklist covering all aspects of health and care data analytics projects. Each itemised topic is covered by a summary providing guidance and relevant references for further reading. The framework blends relevant analytics elements from actuarial science, data science and epidemiology.

We hope the framework will improve transparency, reproducibility, completeness and reporting of life and health data analytics projects.