West Midlands Key Health Data 2007/08
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations
A&EMDS |
Accident and Emergency Minimum Dataset |
A&ESC |
Accident and Emergency Surveillance Centre |
ALL |
Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma |
AMPDS |
Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System |
BCH |
Birmingham Children’s Hospital |
BCS |
British Crime Survey |
BEN PCT |
Birmingham East and North |
BMI |
Body Mass Index |
CBSA |
Commissioning Business Support Agency |
CCLG |
Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group |
CDS |
Commissioning Data Set |
CHD |
Coronary Heart Disease |
CI |
Confidence Interval |
CKD |
Chronic Kidney Disease |
CNS |
Central Nervous System |
COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
DEFRA |
Department of Food and Rural Affairs |
DfT |
Department for Transport |
DSR |
Directly Standardised Rates |
ECS |
Emergency Care System |
ED |
Emergency Department |
EOC |
Emergency Operations Centre |
GOR |
Government Office Region |
HCAI |
Healthcare Associated Infection |
HES |
Hospital Episodes Statistics |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HoBt |
Heart of Birmingham Teaching |
HPA |
Health Protection Agency |
ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
ID |
Indices of Deprivation |
IMD |
Index of Multiple Deprivation |
LA |
Local Authority |
LL |
Lower Limit |
LSOA |
Lower Super Output Area |
MRSA |
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
NCHOD |
National Centre for Health Outcomes Development |
NCIS |
National Cancer Information Service |
NHS |
National Health Service |
NHS IC |
National Health Service Information Centre |
NHS PD |
National Health Service Postcode Directory |
NSTS |
NHS Strategic Tracing Service |
ONS |
Office for National Statistics |
OS |
Ordnance Survey |
PbR |
Payment by Results |
PCT |
Primary Care Trust |
PRF |
Patient Report Form |
QMAS |
Quality Management Analysis System |
QOF |
Quality Outcomes Framework |
SDU |
Sustainable Development Unit |
SHA |
Strategic Health Authority |
SRR |
Standardised Rate Ratios |
SSI |
Surgical Site Infections |
SUS |
Secondary Users Service |
TIA |
Transient Ischaemic Attack |
tPCT |
Teaching PCT |
UKACR |
United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries |
UL |
Upper Limit |
WMAS |
West Midlands Ambulance Service |
WMCIU |
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit |
WMPHO |
West Midlands Public Health Observatory |
WMRCTR |
West Midlands Regional Children’s Tumour Registry |
YHPHO |
Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory |
For more information please contact Sarafina
Cotterill
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