ACCESS |
Access to Community Care and Effective
Services and Supports Program |
ACF |
Administration for Children and
Families |
ACYF |
Administration on Children, Youth and
Families |
AHCPR |
Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research |
AMC |
academic medical center |
AoA |
Administration on Aging |
AOD |
alcohol and other drugs |
ASPE |
Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation |
ASSIST |
Automated System for Survey Information
and Statistical Tools |
ATSDR |
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry |
BDMP |
Birth Defects Monitoring Program |
BHP |
benign prostatic hyperplasia |
BPHC |
Bureau of Primary Health Care |
CABG |
coronary artery bypass graft |
CA/CN |
child abuse/child neglect |
CAHPS |
Consumer Assessments of Health Plans
Study |
CBOs |
community-based organizations |
CCIs |
comprehensive community
initiatives |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention |
CHC |
Community Health Center |
CIO |
center, institute, office |
CLPP |
childhood lead poisoning
prevention |
C/MHCs |
Community and Migrant Health
Centers |
CMHS |
Center for Mental Health Services |
CSAP |
Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention |
DASH |
Division of Adolescent and School
Health |
DCDC |
Detailed Case Data Component |
DPP |
Demonstration Partnership Program |
DRGs |
Diagnosis-Related Groups |
EACH |
Essential Access Community
Hospital |
EBLLs |
elevated blood lead levels |
ENP |
Elderly Nutrition Program |
EPOC |
Evaluation Policy Oversight
Committee |
EPSDT |
early and periodic screening,
diagnosis, and treatment |
FAS |
fetal alcohol syndrome |
FDA |
Food and Drug Administration |
FETP |
Field Epidemiology Training
Program |
FIAC |
fiacitibine |
FIAU |
fialuridine |
FP/FS |
Family Preservation and Family Support
Services |
FQHCs |
Federally Qualified Health Centers |
FY |
fiscal year |
GAO |
General Accounting Office |
GBS |
Guillain-Barre syndrome |
GME |
graduate medical education |
GPRA |
Government Performance and Results
Act |
HBCUs |
historically black colleges and
universities |
HBV |
hepatitis B virus |
HCD |
human capital development |
HCFA |
Health Care Financing
Administration |
HHE |
Health Hazard Evaluation program |
HHS |
Department of Health and Human
Services |
HMOs |
health maintenance organizations |
HRSA |
Health Resources and Services
Administration |
ICs |
institutes and centers |
IHS |
Indian Health Service |
IMRs |
infant mortality rates |
IoM |
Institute of Medicine |
IV-D |
child support enforcement programs |
JOBS |
Job Opportunities and Basic Skills
Training |
K awards |
NIH Career Development awards |
KSI |
Key States Initiative |
LFA |
labor force attachment |
LIHEAP |
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
Program |
LPPB |
Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (of
CDC) |
LPPP |
Lead Poisoning Prevention Program |
MARC |
Minority Access to Research
Careers |
MCHB |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
MCO |
managed care organization |
MDD |
Medications Development Division |
ME/C |
medical examiner or coroner |
MECISP |
Medical Examiner/Coroner
Information-Sharing Program |
MEDPAR |
Medicare Provider Analysis and
Review |
MEDTEP |
Medical Treatment Effectiveness
Program |
MEPS |
Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys |
MFP |
multisystem family preservation |
MFS |
Medicare fee schedule |
MLHP |
midlevel health providers |
MQSA |
Mammography Quality Standards Act of
1992 |
NPDB |
National Practitioner Data Bank |
NCANDS |
National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System |
NCCDPHP |
National Center for Chronic Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion |
NCHS |
National Center for Health
Statistics |
NCP |
National Cancer Program |
NCRR |
National Center for Research
Resources |
NDAs |
New Drug Applications |
NDI |
National Death Index |
NHAMCS |
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical
Care Survey |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey |
NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
NHLBI |
National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute |
NIAAA |
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism |
NICHD |
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development |
NIDA |
National Institute on Drug Abuse |
NIDDK |
National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
NIDR |
National Institute of Dental
Research |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NIMH |
National Institute of Mental
Health |
NINR |
National Institute of Nursing
Research |
NIP |
National Immunization Program |
NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
NLTN |
National Laboratory Training
Network |
NNIS |
National Nosocomial Infections
Surveillance program |
NRSA |
National Research Service Award |
NSF |
National Science Foundation |
NTIES |
National Treatment Improvement
Evaluation Study |
NTIS |
National Technical Information
Service |
OAA |
Older Americans Act |
OASH |
Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Health |
OASPE |
Office of the Assistant Secretary of
Planning and Evaluation |
OCS |
Office of Community Services |
OCSE |
Office of Child Support
Enforcement |
ODPHP |
Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion |
OEI |
Office of Evaluations and
Inspections |
OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
OMH |
Office of Minority Health |
OPA |
Office of Public Affairs |
OPEL |
Office of Planning, Evaluation, and
Legislation |
OPHS |
Office of Public Health and
Science |
OPO |
Organ Procurement Organization |
OPPE |
Office of Program Planning and
Evaluation |
ORD |
Office of Research and
Demonstrations |
ORHP |
Office of Rural Health Policy |
ORI |
Office of Research Integrity |
OWH |
Office of Women's Health |
PDQ |
Physician Data Query |
PDUFA |
Prescription Drug User Fee Act |
PESD |
Post-Employment Services
Demonstration |
PFS |
Parents' Fair Share |
PIC |
Policy Information Center |
PP |
permanency planning |
PTCA |
percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty |
RHCT |
Rural Health Care Transition |
RPCH |
Rural Primary Care Hospital |
RWCA |
Ryan White Care Act |
SAMHSA |
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration |
SDC |
Summary Data Component |
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
TMRC |
Technical Merit Review Committee |
TRIM2 |
Transfer Income Model-Number 2 |
UDS |
Uniform Data System |
URS |
Uniform Reporting System |
VA |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
WINGS |
Women and Infant Nurturing
Services |