Acronyms and abbreviations
| Acronym | Definition |
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ABF |
Activity based funding |
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ACFI |
Aged Care Funding Instrument |
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ACFR |
Aged Care Financial Report |
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ACHI |
Australian Classification of Health Interventions (used in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS) |
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ACS |
Australian Coding Standards (used in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS) |
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ACSQHC |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (also referred to as ‘the Commission’) |
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Adjustment |
An amount added to, or subtracted from a price weight, in recognition of legitimate and unavoidable variations in the cost of service delivery |
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Administrator |
Administrator of the National Health Funding Pool |
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Admission/ separation/episode |
An episode of admitted care is marked by an admission (start) and separation or discharge (end); all three terms are used a unit of count |
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ADRG |
Adjacent Diagnosis Related Groups (used in AR-DRG) |
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AECC |
Australian Emergency Care Classification |
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AHMAC |
Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council |
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AHPCS |
Australian Hospital Patient Costing Standards |
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AMHCC |
Australian Mental Health Care Classification |
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AN-ACC |
Australian National Aged Care Classification |
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AN-SNAP |
Australian National Subacute and Non-Acute Patient classification |
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APC/APC NMDS |
Admitted Patient Care National Minimum Data Set |
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ARC Committee |
Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee |
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AR-DRG |
Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups |
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ATTC |
Australian Teaching and Training Classification |
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BCT |
Base Care Tariff |
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BDF |
Basic daily fee |
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CAC |
Clinical Advisory Committee |
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CCAG |
Classifications Clinical Advisory Committee |
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CHC |
COAG Health Council |
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CHSP |
Commonwealth Home Support Programme |
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COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
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COF |
Condition onset flag (used in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS) |
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Commission |
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (also referred to as ACSQHC) |
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DAP |
Daily accommodation payments |
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Determination |
The National Efficient Price Determination or National Efficient Cost Determination |
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DRG |
Diagnosis Related Group (used in AR-DRG) |
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DRS |
Data Request Specification |
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DSS |
Data Set Specification |
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DTG |
DRG Technical Group |
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ECAWG |
Emergency Care Advisory Working Group |
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ECC |
Episode Clinical Complexity (used in AR-DRGs) |
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ECCS |
Episode Clinical Complexity Score (used in AR-DRGs) |
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ED |
Emergency department |
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General List |
General List of In-Scope Public Hospital Services |
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HAC |
Hospital acquired complication |
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HCP |
Home Care Packages |
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ICD-10-AM |
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems – Tenth Revision – Australian Modification (used in ICD-10-AM/ACHI/ACS) |
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ICD-11 |
International Classification of Diseases – Eleventh Revision |
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ICU |
Intensive care unit |
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IFR |
Independent Financial Review of the National Hospital Cost Data Collection |
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IHACPA |
Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority |
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IHPA |
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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ITG |
ICD Technical Group |
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JAC |
Jurisdictional Advisory Committee |
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Jurisdictions |
Commonwealth, states and territories |
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JWP |
Joint Working Party (with the ACSQHC) |
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LHN |
Local hospital network |
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LOS |
Length of stay |
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MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
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MDC |
Major Diagnostic Category (used in AR-DRG) |
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MDCC |
Multi-disciplinary case conference, where the patient is not present |
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MHISSC |
Mental Health Information Strategy Steering Committee |
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MHWG |
Mental Health Working Group |
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MMM |
Modified Monash Model |
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MPS |
Multipurpose service |
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NAC |
NHCDC Advisory Committee |
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NACAWG |
Non-Admitted Care Advisory Working Group |
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NAP |
Non-admitted patient |
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NATSIFACP |
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program |
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NBEDS |
National Best Endeavours Data Set |
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NBP |
National Benchmarking Portal |
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NEC |
National efficient cost |
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NEP |
National efficient price |
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NHCDC |
National Hospital Cost Data Collection |
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NHFB |
National Health Funding Body |
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NHISSC |
National Health Information Standards and Statistics Committee |
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NHRA |
National Health Reform Agreement |
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NMDS |
National Minimum Data Set |
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NPHED |
National Public Hospital Establishments Database |
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NWAU |
National Weighted Activity Unit |
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PA |
Pricing Authority |
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PAS |
Patient Administration System |
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PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
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PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
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Presentation |
An ‘episode’ of care at an emergency department (‘episode’ is not used here as it means admission and discharge in the admitted setting) |
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Pricing Framework |
Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services |
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QFR |
Quarterly Financial Report |
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RAD |
Refundable accommodation deposit |
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RID |
Reduction in deviance |
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RUCS |
Resource Utilisation and Classification Study |
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RVU |
Relative value unit |
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SAC |
Stakeholder Advisory Committee |
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SCWG |
Subacute Care Working Group |
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SDMS |
Secure Data Management System |
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Service event |
An ‘episode’ of non-admitted care (‘episode’ is not used here as it means admission and discharge in the admitted setting) |
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STRC |
Short-term Restorative Care Programme |
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TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
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The Act |
National Health Reform Act 2011 |
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Tier 2 |
Tier 2 Non-Admitted Services Classification |
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TTR |
Teaching, training and research |
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TTRWG |
Teaching, Training and Research Working Group |
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UDG |
Urgency Disposition Groups |
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URG |
Urgency Related Groups |
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WHO |
World Health Organization |