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