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PAPERBACK price:$32.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Sign in to download PDF book and chapters Free Resources PDF SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Improving Health in the Community:A Role for Performance Monitoring For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future Other Related Titles For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability (2011) Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice (BPH) 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 . "Appendix A: Acronyms." For the Public's Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011. Please select a format: Page 145   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. Appendix A Acronyms ACA Affordable Care Act, 2010 AHR America’s Health Rankings AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials BMI body mass index BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CHCF California HealthCare Foundation CHDI Community Health Data Initiative CHIS California Health Interview Survey CHR county health rankings CHSI Community Health Status Indicators CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CVD cardiovascular disease DALY disability-adjusted life year DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare DOT Department of Transportation EHR electronic health record EPA Environmental Protection Agency Page 145 Front Matter (R1-R16) Summary (1-12) 1 Introduction (13-34) 2 Needed: An Information Enterprise to Drive Knowledge and Population Health Improvement (35-66) 3 Measuring Health for Improved Decisions and Performance (67-110) 4 Measurement and Accountability (111-144) Appendix A: Acronyms (145-146) Appendix B: National and Community Health Data Sets (147-170) Appendix C: Meeting Agendas Held by the Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health (November 2009–May 2010) (171-178) Appendix D: Committee Biosketches (179-188)

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For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability Appendix A Acronyms ACA Affordable Care Act, 2010 AHR America’s Health Rankings AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials BMI body mass index BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CHCF California HealthCare Foundation CHDI Community Health Data Initiative CHIS California Health Interview Survey CHR county health rankings CHSI Community Health Status Indicators CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CVD cardiovascular disease DALY disability-adjusted life year DHEW Department of Health, Education, and Welfare DOT Department of Transportation EHR electronic health record EPA Environmental Protection Agency

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For the Public’s Health: The Role of Measurement in Action and Accountability GAO Government Accountability Office GDP gross domestic product HALE health-adjusted life expectancy HALY health-adjusted life year HHS Department of Health and Human Services HIA health impact assessment HP 2010 Healthy People 2010 HRQL health-related quality of life HUD Department of Housing and Urban Development IOM Institute of Medicine MATCH Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials NAS National Academy of Sciences NCHS National Center for Health Statistics NCQA National Committee for Quality Assurance NCVHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHIS National Health Interview Survey NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence NIH National Institutes of Health NPHPPHC National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council NQF National Quality Form OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PHAB Public Health Acceditation Board QALY quality-adjusted life year SUSA State of the USA TFAH Trust for America’s Health