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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACSI American Customer Satisfaction Index
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMA American Medical Association
AMI acute myocardial infarction
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey
CABG coronary artery bypass graft
CAHPS Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Survey
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHCF California HealthCare Foundation
CPI Consumer Price Index
CSFII Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DQuIP Diabetes Quality Improvement Project
FACCT Foundation for Accountability
FEHBP Federal Employees Health Benefit Program
FOBT fecal occult blood test
GP general practitioner
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HCFA Health Care Financing Administration
HCQIP Health Care Quality Improvement Program
HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HEDIS Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HMO health maintenance organization
HOS Health Outcomes Survey
IOM Institute of Medicine
IPA independent practice association
JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association
JCAHO Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
MCBS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
MHCC Maryland Health Care Commission
NAEP National Assessment of Educational Progress
NAMCS National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NCDB National Cancer Data Base
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
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
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NHS National Health Service
NIS National Immunization Survey
NIS Nationwide Inpatient Sample
NQF National Quality Forum
NRC National Research Council
NVSS National Vital Statistics System
PHC4 Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council
PRO peer review organization
QI quality indicator
QuIC Quality Interagency Coordination Task Force
S-CHIP State Children's Health Insurance Program
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
