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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.)

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APPENDIX 9List of Acronyms

List of acronyms and meanings used in the evidence report

AAAAbdominal aortic aneurysm
ACGAmbulatory Care Groups
ACSCAmbulatory care sensitive conditions
ADEAdverse drug events
ADLActivities of Daily Living
AHCPRAgency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHRQAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMIAcute myocardial infarction
APR-DRGsAll Patient Refined - Diagnosis Related Groups (developed by 3M™ Corporation)
CABGCoronary artery bypass graft
CADCoronary artery disease
CCPCooperative Cardiovascular Project
CECarotid endarterectomy
CHFCongestive heart failure
CONQUESTComputerized Needs-oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System
COPDChronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CPIConsumer Price Index
CSIComprehensive Severity Index
C-sectionCesarean section
DEMPAQDevelop and Evaluate Methods to Promote Ambulatory Care Quality (HCFA)
DNRDo not resuscitate
DRGDiagnosis Related Groups, developed by HCFA
DVTDeep vein thrombosis
EPCEvidence-Based Practice Center
GIGastrointestinal
HCFAHealth Care Financing Administration
HCUPHealthcare Cost and Utilization Project
HEDISThe Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set
HP 2000 or 2010Healthy People 2000 or 2010, developed by the Dept. of Health and Human Services
ICD-9-CMThe International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification
IRBInternal review board
ITInformation technology
JCAHOJoint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LCLaparoscopic cholecystectomy
MEDPACMedicare Payment Advisory Commission
MeSHMedical Subject Headings (developed by National Library of Medicine for Medline)
MDCMajor Diagnostic Category
MSAMetropolitan Statistical Area
MSXMultivariate Signal Extraction
NCQANational Committee on Quality Assurance
NISNationwide Inpatient Sample
NLHINational Library of Healthcare Indicators
OLSOrdinary Least Squares (regression)
OMDOptimal minimal distance
ORYX™Trademark name used by JCAHO for a set of hospital performance measures
OSHPDOffice of Statewide Health Planning and Development, State of California
PIDPelvic Inflammatory Disease
PIP-DCGPrincipal Inpatient Diagnostic Cost Groups, developed by HCFA
PPVPositive predictive value
PTCAPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
QIQuality Indicators
RCTRandomized controlled trial
SAS™formerly, Statistical Analysis System (distributed by the SAS Corporation)
SEERSurveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SPSS™formerly, Statistical Package for Social Scientists (distributed by the SPSS Corporation)
UB-92Uniform Billing form 92, developed by HCFA
UCSFUniversity of California, San Francisco
URUterine rupture
UTIUrinary tract infection
VARVector autoregression structure
VBACVaginal birth after cesarean section

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