Ensuring Quality Cancer Care (1999)
Chapter: Acronyms
Acronyms
AAHC/URAC:
American Accreditation Health Care Commission, Inc./URAC
AARP:
American Association of Retired Persons
ABC:
achievable benchmarks of care
ACCC:
Association of Community Cancer Centers
ACoS:
American College of Surgeons
ACoS-COC:
American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer
ACR:
American College of Radiology
ACS:
American Cancer Society
AHCPR:
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AIDS:
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AJCC:
American Joint Committee on Cancer
AMA:
American Medical Association
ASCO:
American Society of Clinical Oncology
BC/BS:
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
BCQ:
Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Questionnaire
BCRP:
Breast Cancer Research Program
BCS:
breast-conserving surgery
BCT:
breast-conserving therapy
BPH:
benign prostatic hyperplasia
CABG:
coronary artery bypass graft
CARES:
Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System
CCOP:
Community Clinical Oncology Program
CDC:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDMRP:
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
CHOP:
Community Hospital Oncology Program
C.I.:
confidence interval
CML:
chronic myelocytic leukemia
CONQUEST:
Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
CRN:
Cancer Research Network
CSRP:
Cancer Surveillance Research Program
CT:
computerized tomography
DHHS:
Department of Health and Human Services
DOCS:
Documented Outcomes Collection System
DoD:
Department of Defense
DRE:
digital rectal exam
ERISA:
Employee Retirement Income Security Act
FACCT:
Foundation for Accountability
FDA:
Food and Drug Administration
FFS:
fee-for-service
FLIC:
Functional Living Index—Cancer
FOBT:
fecal occult blood test
GAO:
General Accounting Office
HCFA:
Health Care Financing Administration
HD:
Hodgkin's disease
HEDIS:
Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
HIV:
human immunodeficiency virus
HLA:
human leukocyte antigen
HMO:
health maintenance organization
HRSA:
Health Resources and Services Administration
ICD-9:
International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition
IMS:
Indicator Measurement System
IOM:
Institute of Medicine
IPA:
independent practice association
JCAHO:
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Heathcare Organizations
LHRH:
luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone
MCO:
managed care organizations
MESH:
medical subject headings
NCAB:
National Cancer Advisory Board
NCCN:
National Comprehensive Cancer Network
NCCS:
National Coalition of Cancer Survivors
NCDB:
National Cancer Data Base
NCI:
National Cancer Institute
NCPB:
National Cancer Policy Board
NCQA:
National Committee for Quality Assurance
NHL:
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
NIH:
National Institutes of Health
NLM:
National Library of Medicine
NSCLC:
non-small-cell lung cancer
NSGCT:
nonseminomatous germ cell tumors
OASIS:
Outcomes and Assessment Information Set
OR:
odds ratio
PBGH:
Pacific Business Group on Health
PCE:
Patient Care Evaluation
PDQ:
Physician Data Query
PHS:
Public Health Service
PIVOT:
Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial
PLCO:
prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian
PORT:
Patient Outcomes Research Teams
PPIP:
Put Prevention into Practice
PPO:
preferred provider organizations
PRO:
peer review organizations
PSA:
prostate-specific antigen
PTCA:
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
RCT:
randomized controlled trials
ResDAC:
Research Data Assistance Center
RP:
radical prostatectomy
RR:
relative risk
SEER:
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
SSA:
Social Security Administration
SSI:
Supplemental Security Income
TNM:
tumor-node-metastasis
TQM:
total quality management
TRUS:
transrectal ultrasound
USAMRMC:
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
USPSTF:
United States Preventive Services Task Force
VA:
Department of Veterans Affairs
