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Appendix A
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ACC American College of Cardiology
ACP American College of Physicians
ADA American Dietetic Association
AGREE Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation
AHA American Heart Association
AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AMA American Medical Association
ASCO American Society of Clinical Oncology
BCBSA Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDER Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
CEA cost-effectiveness analysis
CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
COGS Conference on Guideline Standardization
CONSORT Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials
DERP Drug Effectiveness Review Project
EC European Community
EPC Evidence-based Practice Center
EUnetHTA European Network for Health Technology Assessment
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDG fluorodeoxyglucose
GDP gross domestic product
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HDC/ABMT high dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation
HHS U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
HTA Health Technology Assessment
ICMJE International Committee of Medical Journal Editors
IOM Institute of Medicine
LILACS Latin American Caribbean Health Sciences Literature
MCAC Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee
MedCAC Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee
MOOSE Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
MSAC Medical Services Advisory Committee
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse
NHLBI National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
NHS National Health Service
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NIH National Institutes of Health
NQF National Quality Forum
OMAR Office of Medical Applications of Research
OTA U.S. Office of Technology Assessment
PET positron emission tomography
PhRMA Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
PICO population, intervention, comparison, and outcomes
PSAC Priority Setting Advisory Committee
QUOROM Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses
RCT randomized controlled trial
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
STARD Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy
STROBE Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
TEC Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Technology Evaluation Center
USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
VA Veterans Administration
VHA Veterans Health Administration
WHO World Health Organization