Appendix A
Acronyms
ACA Affordable Care Act, 2010
AHR America’s Health Rankings
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
BMI body mass index
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CHCF California HealthCare Foundation
CHDI Community Health Data Initiative
CHIS California Health Interview Survey
CHR county health rankings
CHSI Community Health Status Indicators
CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
CVD cardiovascular disease
DALY disability-adjusted life year
DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
DOT Department of Transportation
EHR electronic health record
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
GAO Government Accountability Office
GDP gross domestic product
HALE health-adjusted life expectancy
HALY health-adjusted life year
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIA health impact assessment
HP 2010 Healthy People 2010
HRQL health-related quality of life
HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development
IOM Institute of Medicine
MATCH Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health
NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NCHS National Center for Health Statistics
NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance
NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
NIH National Institutes of Health
NPHPPHC National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council
NQF National Quality Form
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PHAB Public Health Acceditation Board
QALY quality-adjusted life year
SUSA State of the USA
TFAH Trust for America’s Health