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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US), Rockville (MD)
Davies SM, Geppert J, McClellan M, et al. Refinement of the HCUP Quality Indicators. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2001 May. (Technical Reviews, No. 4.) APPENDIX 9, List of Acronyms.
| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| ACG | Ambulatory Care Groups |
| ACSC | Ambulatory care sensitive conditions |
| ADE | Adverse drug events |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
| AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| APR-DRGs | All Patient Refined - Diagnosis Related Groups (developed by 3M™ Corporation) |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass graft |
| CAD | Coronary artery disease |
| CCP | Cooperative Cardiovascular Project |
| CE | Carotid endarterectomy |
| CHF | Congestive heart failure |
| CONQUEST | Computerized Needs-oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CSI | Comprehensive Severity Index |
| C-section | Cesarean section |
| DEMPAQ | Develop and Evaluate Methods to Promote Ambulatory Care Quality (HCFA) |
| DNR | Do not resuscitate |
| DRG | Diagnosis Related Groups, developed by HCFA |
| DVT | Deep vein thrombosis |
| EPC | Evidence-Based Practice Center |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HCUP | Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project |
| HEDIS | The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set |
| HP 2000 or 2010 | Healthy People 2000 or 2010, developed by the Dept. of Health and Human Services |
| ICD-9-CM | The International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification |
| IRB | Internal review board |
| IT | Information technology |
| JCAHO | Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
| LC | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy |
| MEDPAC | Medicare Payment Advisory Commission |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings (developed by National Library of Medicine for Medline) |
| MDC | Major Diagnostic Category |
| MSA | Metropolitan Statistical Area |
| MSX | Multivariate Signal Extraction |
| NCQA | National Committee on Quality Assurance |
| NIS | Nationwide Inpatient Sample |
| NLHI | National Library of Healthcare Indicators |
| OLS | Ordinary Least Squares (regression) |
| OMD | Optimal minimal distance |
| ORYX™ | Trademark name used by JCAHO for a set of hospital performance measures |
| OSHPD | Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, State of California |
| PID | Pelvic Inflammatory Disease |
| PIP-DCG | Principal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Groups, developed by HCFA |
| PPV | Positive predictive value |
| PTCA | Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| QI | Quality Indicators |
| RCT | Randomized controlled trial |
| SAS™ | formerly, Statistical Analysis System (distributed by the SAS Corporation) |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |
| SPSS™ | formerly, Statistical Package for Social Scientists (distributed by the SPSS Corporation) |
| UB-92 | Uniform Billing form 92, developed by HCFA |
| UCSF | University of California, San Francisco |
| UR | Uterine rupture |
| UTI | Urinary tract infection |
| VAR | Vector autoregression structure |
| VBAC | Vaginal birth after cesarean section |