Download D: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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AMA
CEO
CHFC
CNAM-TS
CNIL
COBRA
CPS
CPU
DHA
DHHS
FMF
FPC
GAO
GDP
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Abbreviations
American Medical Association
Chief executive officer
California Health Facilities
Commission
Caisse Nationale d’Assurance
Maladie des Travailleurs Salaries
(National Insurance Association For
Salaried Employees, France)
Commission Nationale de
L’Informatique et des Libertes
(France)
Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985
Current Population Survey (Census
Bureau)
Central processing unit
(microprocessor)
District Health Authorities
(England)
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
Federation of Mutual Insurance
Companies of France
Family Practice Committees
(England)
Full–time Equivalent
General Accounting Office (U.S.
Congress)
Gross domestic product
GP
HCFA
HMO
JAMA
JEIDA
KV
LPN
NEC (n.e.c.)
NEJM
NHA
NHS
OECD
OTA
PCMCIA
PPP
ProPAC
R&D
RN
SOC
WEDI
General practitioner
Health Care Financing
Administration (DHHS)
Health maintenance organization
Journal of the American Medical
Association
Japan Electronics Industry
Development Association
Kassenartzliche Vereinigung
(Germany)
Licensed practical nurse
Not elsewhere classified
New England Journal of Medicine
National health accounts
National Health Service (England)
Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development
Office of Technology Assessment
(U.S. Congress)
Personal Computer Memory Card
International Association
Purchasing power parity
Prospective Payment Assessment
Commission (U.S. Congress)
Research and development
Registered nurse
Standard Occupational Code
Workgroup for Electronic Data
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