| 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 |
