Improving Palliative Care for Cancer: Summary and Recommendations (2001)

Chapter: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACS American Cancer Society

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology

CIS Cancer Information Service

DCTD Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis

HCFA Health Care Financing Administration

HELP Hospitalized Elderly Longitudinal Project

HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration

IOM Institute of Medicine

JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

MDS Minimum Data Set

MedPAC Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

NCCN National Comprehensive Cancer Network

NCI National Cancer Institute

NCPB National Cancer Policy Board

NIAID National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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NIH National Institutes of Health

NINR National Institute of Nursing Research

NMFBS National Mortality Followback Survey

PCP President's Cancer Panel

PDIA Project on Death in America

PDQ Physician Data Query

RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program

SUPPORT Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment

VA Department of Veterans Affairs

WHO World Health Organization

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