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PAPERBACK price:$37.95 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Access to Health Care in America Guidelines for Clinical Practice:From Development to Use Other Related Titles Ensuring Quality Cancer Care (1999) Institute of Medicine (IOM) Commission on Life Sciences (CLS) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "Acronyms." Ensuring Quality Cancer Care. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1999. Please select a format: Page 231   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Acronyms AAHC/URAC: American Accreditation Health Care Commission, Inc./URAC AARP: American Association of Retired Persons ABC: achievable benchmarks of care ACCC: Association of Community Cancer Centers ACoS: American College of Surgeons ACoS-COC: American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer ACR: American College of Radiology ACS: American Cancer Society AHCPR: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer AMA: American Medical Association ASCO: American Society of Clinical Oncology BC/BS: Blue Cross/Blue Shield BCQ: Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Questionnaire BCRP: Breast Cancer Research Program BCS: breast-conserving surgery BCT: breast-conserving therapy BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia CABG: coronary artery bypass graft CARES: Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System CCOP: Community Clinical Oncology Program CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDMRP: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs CHOP: Community Hospital Oncology Program Page 231 Front Matter (R1-R10) Summary (1-12) 1 Introduction (13-17) 2 The Cancer Care 'System' (18-45) 3 Ensuring Access to Cancer Care (46-78) 4 Defining and Assessing Quality Cancer Care (79-115) 5 Health Care Delivery and Quality of Cancer Care (116-143) 6 Cancer Care Quality Assurance (144-179) 7 Health Services Research in Cancer Care (180-210) 8 Findings and Recommendations (211-225) Glossary (226-230) Acronyms (231-234) Index (235-246)

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--> Acronyms AAHC/URAC: American Accreditation Health Care Commission, Inc./URAC AARP: American Association of Retired Persons ABC: achievable benchmarks of care ACCC: Association of Community Cancer Centers ACoS: American College of Surgeons ACoS-COC: American College of Surgeons, Commission on Cancer ACR: American College of Radiology ACS: American Cancer Society AHCPR: Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AJCC: American Joint Committee on Cancer AMA: American Medical Association ASCO: American Society of Clinical Oncology BC/BS: Blue Cross/Blue Shield BCQ: Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Questionnaire BCRP: Breast Cancer Research Program BCS: breast-conserving surgery BCT: breast-conserving therapy BPH: benign prostatic hyperplasia CABG: coronary artery bypass graft CARES: Cancer Rehabilitation Evaluation System CCOP: Community Clinical Oncology Program CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDMRP: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs CHOP: Community Hospital Oncology Program

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--> C.I.: confidence interval CML: chronic myelocytic leukemia CONQUEST: Computerized Needs-Oriented Quality Measurement Evaluation System CRN: Cancer Research Network CSRP: Cancer Surveillance Research Program CT: computerized tomography DHHS: Department of Health and Human Services DOCS: Documented Outcomes Collection System DoD: Department of Defense DRE: digital rectal exam ERISA: Employee Retirement Income Security Act FACCT: Foundation for Accountability FDA: Food and Drug Administration FFS: fee-for-service FLIC: Functional Living Index—Cancer FOBT: fecal occult blood test GAO: General Accounting Office HCFA: Health Care Financing Administration HD: Hodgkin's disease HEDIS: Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set HIV: human immunodeficiency virus HLA: human leukocyte antigen HMO: health maintenance organization HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration ICD-9: International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition IMS: Indicator Measurement System IOM: Institute of Medicine IPA: independent practice association JCAHO: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Heathcare Organizations LHRH: luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone MCO: managed care organizations MESH: medical subject headings NCAB: National Cancer Advisory Board NCCN: National Comprehensive Cancer Network

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--> NCCS: National Coalition of Cancer Survivors NCDB: National Cancer Data Base NCI: National Cancer Institute NCPB: National Cancer Policy Board NCQA: National Committee for Quality Assurance NHL: non-Hodgkin's lymphoma NIH: National Institutes of Health NLM: National Library of Medicine NSCLC: non-small-cell lung cancer NSGCT: nonseminomatous germ cell tumors OASIS: Outcomes and Assessment Information Set OR: odds ratio PBGH: Pacific Business Group on Health PCE: Patient Care Evaluation PDQ: Physician Data Query PHS: Public Health Service PIVOT: Prostate Cancer Intervention Versus Observation Trial PLCO: prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian PORT: Patient Outcomes Research Teams PPIP: Put Prevention into Practice PPO: preferred provider organizations PRO: peer review organizations PSA: prostate-specific antigen PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty RCT: randomized controlled trials ResDAC: Research Data Assistance Center RP: radical prostatectomy RR: relative risk SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program SSA: Social Security Administration SSI: Supplemental Security Income TNM: tumor-node-metastasis TQM: total quality management TRUS: transrectal ultrasound USAMRMC: United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command USPSTF: United States Preventive Services Task Force VA: Department of Veterans Affairs

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