APPENDIX B
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
ADC -
Average daily census
BDOC -
Bed-days of care
BMTU -
Bone marrow transplant unit
CAPWWU -
Capitation Weighted Work Unit
C&A -
Consulting and attending (physician)
CCU -
Coronary care unit
CDR -
Cost Distribution Report
CNS -
Clinical nurse specialist
COGME -
Council on Graduate Medical Education
COS -
Chiefs of staff
CRNA -
Certified registered nurse anesthetist
DoD -
Department of Defense
DRG -
Diagnosis-related group
DSE -
Detailed Staffing Exercise
EBPSM -
Empirically Based Physician Staffing Models
FT -
Full-time
FTEE -
Full-Time-Equivalent Employees
FY -
Fiscal year
GEU -
Geriatric evaluation unit
GMENAC -
Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee
GRECC -
Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center
HMO -
Health maintenance organization
HBHC -
Hospital-based home care
ICU -
Intensive care unit
IHS -
Indian Health Service
IOM -
Institute of Medicine
IPF -
Inverse production function
JCAHO -
Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LOS -
Length of stay
LP -
Linear programming
LTC -
Long-term care
MAD -
Mean absolute deviation
MEDIPP -
Medical District Initiated Program Planning
MICU -
Medical intensive care unit
MP -
Marginal product
NP -
Nurse practitioner
NPP -
Nonphysician practitioner
OPS -
Other Physician Services (serving to define one of six ambulatory PCAs at the VAMC)
PA -
Physician assistant
PCA -
Patient care area
PF -
Production function
PGY -
Postgraduate year
PSA -
Primary service area
PT -
Part-time
PTF -
Patient Treatment File
PTSD -
Post-traumatic stress disorder
RAM -
Resource Allocation Methodology
RBRVS -
Resource-Based Relative Value Scale
RMS -
Rehabilitation medicine service
RPM -
Resource Planning and Management (methodology)
RUG -
Resource Utilization Group
RUGWWU -
Resource Utilization Group Weighted Work Unit
SADI -
Staffing Algorithm Development Instrument
SCI -
Spinal cord injury
SICU -
Surgical intensive care unit
VA -
Department of Veterans Affairs
VAMC -
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
VHA -
Veterans Health Administration
WOC -
Without-compensation (physician)
WWU -
Weighted Work Unit