AAP |
American Academy of Pediatrics |
ABCD |
Assuring Better Child Health and Development |
ACA |
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
ACE |
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study |
ACO |
accountable care organization |
ACS |
American Community Survey |
ADD |
attention-deficit disorder |
Add Health |
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health |
ADHD |
attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder |
ADL |
activities of daily life |
AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
AMA-PPMC |
American Medical Association-Physician Practice Management Company |
ARRA |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
ASQ |
Ages and Stages Questionnaires |
BINS |
Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screens |
BMI |
body mass index |
BRFSS |
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey |
CAHMI |
Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative |
CAHPS |
Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems |
CBO |
Congressional Budget Office |
CCS |
Clinical Classification System |
CCU |
critical care unit |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDHCPF |
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing |
CHICA |
Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation |
CHIP |
Children’s Health Insurance Program |
CHIPRA |
Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act |
CHP |
Center for Health Policy |
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
COH |
Children’s Optimal Health |
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
CPS |
Current Population Survey |
CSHCN |
Children with special health care needs |
CWI |
Child Well-Being Index |
DRC |
Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health |
DX |
diagnosis |
EBP |
evidence-based practice |
ECLS-B |
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort |
ECLS-K |
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class |
ED |
emergency department |
EDC |
Education Development Center |
E-HIE |
electronic health information exchange |
EHR |
electronic health record |
EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency |
EPC |
Evidence-based Practice Center |
EPSDT |
Early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment |
ETS |
Educational Testing Service |
FAcct |
Foundation for Accountability |
FERPA |
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 |
FIFCFS |
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics |
FPL |
federal poverty level |
GIS |
geographic information system |
GSMS |
Great Smoky Mountains Study |
HCUP |
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project |
HEDIS |
Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set |
HHS |
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
HIPAA |
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
HIT |
Health information technology |
HITECH |
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health |
HRSA |
Health Resources and Services Administration |
ICD-9 |
International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision |
ICD-10 |
International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision |
ICF |
International Classification of Functioning |
ICU |
intensive care unit |
IHS |
Indian Health Service |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
IQI |
Inpatient Quality Indicator |
IT |
information technology |
KID |
Kids’ Inpatient Database |
KIDS |
Kids Integrated Data Set |
MACPAC |
Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission |
MCH |
maternal and child health |
MCHB |
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
MCO |
managed care organization |
MEPS |
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey |
MMIS |
Medicaid Management Information System |
MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MSIS |
Medicaid Statistical Information System |
MST |
multisystemic therapy |
NAMCS |
National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
NCES |
National Center for Education Statistics |
NCHHSTP |
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (Centers for Disease Control) |
NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
NCQA |
National Committee for Quality Assurance |
NCS |
National Children’s Study |
NDACAN |
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect |
NDI |
National Death Index |
NEDS |
Nationwide Emergency Department Sample |
NHAMC |
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
NHANES |
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
NHCS |
National Health Care Survey |
NHDS |
National Hospital Discharge Survey |
NHES |
National Household Education Surveys |
NHHCS |
National Home and Hospice Care Survey |
NHIS |
National Health Interview Survey |
NICHQ |
National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality |
NICHSR |
National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology |
NICU |
neonatal intensive care unit |
NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
NIMH |
National Institute of Mental Health |
NIS |
National Immunization Survey |
NIS |
Nationwide Inpatient Sample |
NORC |
National Opinion Research Center |
NQF |
National Quality Forum |
NRC |
National Research Council |
NS-CSHCN |
National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs |
NSAF |
National Survey of American Families |
NSCAW |
National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being |
NSCH |
National Survey of Children’s Health |
NSECH |
National Survey of Early Childhood Health |
NSFG |
National Survey of Family Growth |
NVSS |
National Vital Statistics System |
ODD |
oppositional defiant disorder |
OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
PCOR |
Primary Care and Outcomes Research |
PCP |
primary care provider |
PDI |
Pediatric Quality Indicator |
Pedi-QS |
Pediatric Data Quality System Collaborative Measure Workgroup |
PEDS |
Parents’ Evaluations of Developmental Status |
PELL |
Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal |
PHDS |
Promoting Healthy Development Survey |
PHR |
personal health record |
PQI |
Prevention Quality Indicator |
PQRI |
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative |
PRAMS |
Pregnancy Risk Assessment and Monitoring System |
PROMIS |
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System |
PSI |
Patient Safety Indicator |
PSID |
Panel Survey of Income Dynamics |
PSQIA |
Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 |
QISMC |
Quality Improvement System for Managed Care |
QSDE |
Qualified State-Designated Entity |
QUAL |
Quality |
RIACC |
Rhode Island Asthma Control Coalition |
RICCC |
Rhode Island Chronic Care Collaborative |
RWJF |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
SASD |
State Ambulatory Surgery Databases |
SCHIP |
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (now CHIP) |
SED |
severe emotional distress |
SEDD |
State Emergency Department Databases |
SEER |
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results |
SID |
State Inpatient Databases |
SIDS |
sudden infant death syndrome |
SIPP |
Survey of Income and Program Participation |
SLAITS |
State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey |
SNAC |
AHRQ Subcommittee on Quality Measures for Children in Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs |
SNOMED |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
SSI |
Supplemental Security Income |
STD |
sexually transmitted disease |
STI |
sexually transmitted infection |
TB |
tuberculosis |
UCLA |
University of California, Los Angeles |
UCSF |
University of California, San Francisco |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WIC |
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children |
WISQARS™ |
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System |
WPPSI |
Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence |
YAHCS |
Young Adult Health Care Survey |
YRBS |
Youth Risk Behavior Survey |