Glossary of Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning |
A | MarketScan Annual Enrollment Summary file |
ACS | US Census American Community Survey |
AHA | American Hospital Association |
AHRQ | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AMA | American Medical Association |
ASP | Average Sales Price |
BETOS | Berenson-Eggers Type of Service |
CAP | NC Medicaid Community Alternatives Programs |
CBSA | Core Based Statistical Area |
CC | Comorbidities or Complications Condition Categories |
CCAE | MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters |
CCGE | Center for Clinic and Genetic Economics |
CCS | Clinical Classification Software |
CCW | Chronic Conditions Warehouse |
CHIP | Children's Health Insurance Program |
CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
CMS | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
CMS-DRG | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Diagnosis-Related Group, i.e., “old” DRG |
CMYK | Cyan Magenta Yellow Black |
COB | MarketScan Coordination of Benefits |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CPT | Current Procedural Terminology |
CPU | Central Processing Unit |
D | MarketScan Outpatient Pharmaceutical Claims file |
df | Degree-of-freedom |
DME | Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Research Identifiable File |
DPHS | Duke University's Department of Population Health Sciences |
DRG | Diagnosis-Related Group |
DUA | Data Use Agreement |
E/M | Evaluation and Management |
ED | Emergency Department |
EHR | Electronic Health Record |
ER | Emergency Room |
ESRD | End-Stage Renal Disease |
F | MarketScan Facility Header file |
FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FFS | Fee-for-service |
GWTG | American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines |
HCC | Hierarchical Condition Categories |
HCPCS | Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System |
HCUP/CCS | Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Clinical Classifications Software |
HH | Medicare Home Health Research Identifiable File |
HHA | SEER-Medicare Home Health Agency file |
HLS | Hue Lightness Saturation |
HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
HSB | Hue Saturation Brightness |
HSV | Hue Saturation Brightness |
I | MarketScan Inpatient Admissions file |
ICD-# | International Classification of Diseases, revision # |
ICD-#-CM | International Classification of Diseases, Revision #, Clinical Modification; i.e., diagnosis code |
ICD-#-PCS | International Classification of Diseases, Revision #, Procedure Coding System; i.e., procedure code |
ID | Identifier |
IP | Medicare Inpatient Research Identifiable File |
LDS | Limited Data Set |
LOINC | Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes |
MA | Medicare Advantage, i.e., Part C |
MBSF | Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary File (formerly the denominator file) |
MC | Managed Care |
MCC | Major Comorbidities or Complications |
MD-PPAS | Medicare Data on Provider Practice and Specialty |
MDS | Minimum Data Set |
MedPAR | Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
MI | Myocardial Infarction |
MS-DRG | Medicare Severity Diagnosis-Related Groups, i.e., “new” DRG |
NC | North Carolina |
NC DHHS | North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services |
NCH | SEER-Medicare carrier file |
NDC | National Drug Code |
NPI | National Provider Identifier |
NPPES | National Plan and Provider Enumeration System |
O | MarketScan Outpatient Services file |
OASIS | Home Health Outcome and Assessment Information Set |
ODS | Output Delivery System |
OP | Medicare Outpatient Research Identifiable File |
OR | Odds Ratio |
ORA | Duke University Office of Research Agreements |
PCORnet | National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network |
PI | Principal Investigator |
POS | Provider of Service |
PPS | Prospective Payment System |
PUF | Public Use File |
Q | Quartile |
ResDAC | Research Data Assistance Center |
RGB | Red Green Blue |
RIF | Research Identifiable File |
RR | Risk Ratio |
RUCA | Rural-Urban Commuting Area |
RUCC | Rural-Urban Continuum Codes |
S | MarketScan Inpatient Services file |
SAF | Standard Analytic File (older designation for Medicare research files) |
SAP | Statistical Analysis Plan |
SAQ | Self-attestation Questionnaire |
SAS EG | SAS Enterprise Guide |
SCORES | Duke Surgical Center for Outcomes Research |
SD | Standard Deviation |
SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results [Program] |
sFTP | Secure File Transfer Protocol |
SNF | Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Research Identifiable File |
SQL | Structured Query Language |
T | MarketScan Enrollment Detail file |
TAF | Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System Analytic Files |
TIN | Tax Identification Number |
UMLS | Unified Medical Language System |
UPIN | Unique Physician Identification Number |
US | United States |
VAD | Ventricular Assist Devices |
VRDC | Virtual Research Data Center |