Future Directions for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports (2010)
Chapter: Acronyms
Acronyms
ACS American Cancer Society
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AMI acute myocardial infarction
ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CE cost-effectiveness
CEA cost-effectiveness analysis
CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program
CHIS California Health Interview Survey
CLAS culturally and linguistically appropriate services
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CPB clinically preventable burden
CPES Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys
CQUIPS Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
CTM Care Transitions Measure
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DOD U.S. Department of Defense
EHR electronic health record
ESRD CPMP End Stage Renal Disease Clinical Performance Measures Project
FEHCS Family Evaluation of Hospice Care Survey
FY fiscal year
GDP gross domestic product
HCAHPS CAHPS Hospital Survey
HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HEDIS Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HIT health information technology
HIV RN HIV Research Network
HPSAs health professional shortage areas
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HIT health information technology
HITECH Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
ICU intensive care unit
IHI Institute for Healthcare Improvement
IHS Indian Health Service
IOM Institute of Medicine
MAD Medicare Administrative Data
MDS Nursing Home Minimum Data Set
MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MPSMS Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System
MRI magnetic resonance imaging
MSA Metropolitan Statistical Area
NAC National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality
NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NCBD National CAHPS Benchmarking Database
NCDB National Cancer Data Base
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCI National Cancer Institute
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NHAMCS National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHB net health benefit
NHDR National Healthcare Disparities Report
NHDS National Hospital Discharge Survey
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NHPCO National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
NHQR National Healthcare Quality Report
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NIS National Immunization Survey
NPCR National Program of Cancer Registries
NPIRS National Patient Information Reporting System
NPP National Priorities Partnership
NQCB National Quality Coordination Board
NQF National Quality Forum
NSCH National Survey of Children’s Health
NSDUH National Survey on Drug Use and Health
NSQIP National Surgical Quality Improvement Program
NTBSS National Tuberculosis Surveillance System
NVSS-I National Vital Statistics System: Link Birth and Infant Death Data
NVSS-M National Vital Statistics System: Mortality Data
NVSS-N National Vital Statistics System: Natality
OASIS Home Health Outcomes and Assessment Information Set
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMH Office of Minority Health
ONC Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
QALY quality-adjusted life year
QASC Quality Alliance Steering Committee
QIO Quality Improvement Organization program
QuIC Quality Interagency Coordination Taskforce
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program
SEP socioeconomic position
SES socioeconomic status
TEDS Treatment Episode Data Sets
USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
USRDS U.S. Renal Data System
VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
WCHQ Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
WHO World Health Organization
