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Appendix A: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 179-180

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... Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations ACC American College of Cardiology ACP American College of Physicians ADA American Dietetic Association AGREE Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation AHA American Heart Association AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality AMA American Medical Association ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology BCBSA Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research CEA cost-effectiveness analysis CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services COGS Conference on Guideline Standardization CONSORT Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials DERP Drug Effectiveness Review Project EC European Community EPC Evidence-based Practice Center EUnetHTA European Network for Health Technology Assessment FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDG fluorodeoxyglucose GDP gross domestic product 179
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... Office of Technology Assessment PET positron emission tomography PhRMA Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America PICO population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes PSAC Priority Setting Advisory Committee QUOROM Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses RCT randomized controlled trial RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network STARD Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy STROBE Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology TEC Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force VA Veterans Administration VHA Veterans Health Administration WHO World Health Organization


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