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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 179
180 KNOWING WHAT WORKS IN HEALTH CARE 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
