List of Acronyms/Abbreviations
Acronym/Abbreviation |
Description/Name |
ACG |
Adjusted Clinical Groups |
AHA |
American Hospital Association |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AQA |
Ambulatory Quality Alliance |
APR |
All Patient Refined |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
COLS |
Corrected ordinary least squares |
DEA |
Data envelopment analysis |
DRG |
Diagnosis-related groups |
EPC |
Evidence-based Practice Center |
ER |
Emergency room |
ETG |
Episode Treatment Groups |
FTE |
Full-time equivalent |
HIT |
Health information technology |
I/O |
Input/output |
IHA |
Integrated Healthcare Association |
IHCIS |
Integrated Healthcare Information Services, Inc. |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
JCAHO |
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations |
LPN |
Licensed practical nurse |
MEG |
Medstat Episode Groups |
NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
O/E |
Observed/expected ratio |
PPMS |
Provider Performance Measurement System |
RN |
Registered nurse |
SFA |
Stochastic frontier analysis |
TEP |
Technical expert panel |
VA |
Veterans Administration Health System |
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