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Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms
Appendix C Glossary and Acronyms
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* Adapted from the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Care Policy glossary at http: //www.academyhealth.org/publications.glossary.pdf, accessed February 4, 2002.
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Hazard ratio, Cox proportional hazard rate A comparative measure of the strength of a relationship or association between an exposure, intervention, or * Adapted from the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Care Policy glossary at http: //www.academyhealth.org/publications.glossary.pdf, accessed February 4, 2002.
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Medically indigent Persons who cannot afford needed health care because of insufficient income and/or lack of adequate health insurance. Indigent care consists of health services provided to the poor or those unable to pay.
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Typically, researchers cannot control the timing of the intervention or exposure whose effects are being measured, or the random assignment of a defined group of study subjects, but they can influence the timing of measurements. Randomized trial Describes a research study in which the members of a defined group of subjects are randomly assigned to at least two groups for the purpose of analysis: a treatment or intervention group and a control group.
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ACRONYMS AMI acute myocardial infarction ASOC Survey of Aging, Status and the Sense of Control BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System CABG coronary artery bypass graft CBE clinical breast exam CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CI confidence interval CPS Current Population Survey ED emergency department EPO erythropoietin ESRD end-stage renal disease FFS fee for service FOBT fecal occult blood test FPL federal poverty level HAART highly active antiretroviral therapy HCSUS HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study HCUP Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project HMO health maintenance organization HRQOL health-related quality of life ICU intensive care unit IOM Institute of Medicine ISS injury severity score * Adapted from the Academy for Health Services Research and Health Care Policy glossary at http:/ /www.academyhealth.org/publications.glossary.pdf, accessed February 4, 2002.
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160 CARE WITHOUT COVERAGE: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE LOS length of stay MEPS Medical Expenditure Panel Survey NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHIS National Health Interview Survey NMES National Medical Expenditure Survey NNRTI nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor NRMI National Registry of Myocardial Infarction OR odds ratio PI protease inhibitor PTCA percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty RR relative risk RWJF The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation SCHIP State Children's Health Insurance Program SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program SES socioeconomic status SMI severe mental illness UCSF University of California at San Francisco USRDS United States Renal Data System VA Department of Veterans Affairs
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