| A&E | Accident and Emergency | |
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| AAAGP | Australian Association for Academic General Practice | |
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| AACB | Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists | |
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| AAESS | Australian Association of Exercise and Sports Science | |
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| AAGP | Australian Association of General Practitioners | |
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| AAPP | Australian Association of Pathology Practices | |
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| AARN | Association for Australian Rural Nurses | |
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| AASW | Australian Association of Social Workers | |
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| AAWCH | Australian Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital | |
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| ABF | Australian Brain Foundation Inc | |
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| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics | |
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| ACA | Australian Consumer's Association | |
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| ACAA | Aged Care Association Australia | |
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| ACAP | Australian Cultural Awareness Program | |
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| ACAT | Aged Care Assessment Teams | |
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| ACCC | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | |
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| ACCCN | Australian College of Critical Care Nurses | |
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| ACCHO | Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation | |
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| ACCHS | Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services | |
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| ACCHS | Adelaide Central Community Health Service | |
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| ACCN | Australian Council of Community Nursing | |
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| ACD | Australasian College of Dermatologists | |
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| ACDON | Australian Council of Deans of Nursing | |
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| ACEM | Australasian College for Emergency Medicine | |
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| ACGP | Aged Care General Practioner | |
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| ACGR | Australian Competitive Grants Register | |
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| ACHA | Australian Community Health Association | |
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| ACHI | Australian College of Health Informatics | |
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| ACHP-RU | Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research Unit | |
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| ACHS | Australian Council on Health Care Standards | |
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| ACHSE | Australasian College of Health Service Executives | |
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| ACIR | Australian Childhood Immunisation Register | |
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| ACM | Australian Medical Council | |
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| ACM Inc | Australian College of Midwives | |
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| ACOPRA | Australian Council of Physiotherapy Regulating Authorities Inc | |
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| ACORN | Australian College of Operating Room Nurses | |
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| ACOSS | Australian Council of Social Services | |
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| ACP | Australian College of Paediatrics | |
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| ACRRM | Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine | |
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| ACS | Australian Computer Society | |
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| ACSQHC | Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care | |
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| ADA | Australian Dental Association | |
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| ADAC | Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA Inc) | |
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| ADEA | Australian Diabetes Educators Association | |
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| ADGP | Australian Divisions of General Practice (now AGPN) | |
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| ADIA | Australian Diagnostic Industry Association | |
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| ADIN | Australian Drug Information Network | |
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| ADL | Activities of Daily Living | |
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| AEEMA | The Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association | |
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| AFAO | Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations | |
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| AFMW | Australian Federation of Medical Women | |
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| AGPAL | Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited | |
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| AGPN | Australian Divisions of General Practice Network (formerly ADGP) | |
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| AGPT | Australian General Practice Training | |
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| AHA | Australian Healthcare Association | |
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| AHCRA | Australian Health Care Reform Alliance | |
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| AHHA | Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association | |
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| AHI | Allied Health Initiative | |
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| AHIC | Australian Health Information Council | |
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| AHMAC | Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council | |
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| AHMC | Australian Health Ministers Conference | |
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| AHML | Australian Healthcare Messaging Laboratory | |
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| AHPA | Allied Health Professions Australia | |
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| AHPARR | Allied Health Professions Australian Rural & Remote | |
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| AHPMCT | After Hours Primary Medical Care Trials | |
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| AHPs | Allied Health Professionals | |
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| AHRC | Aboriginal Health Resource Cooperative | |
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| AHS | Australian Hearing Services | |
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| AHURI | Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute | |
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| AHW | Aboriginal Health Worker | |
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| AIATSIS | Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies | |
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| AIDA | Australian Indigenous Doctor's Association | |
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| AIDAB | Australian International Development Assistance Bureau | |
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| AIFS | Australian Institute of Family Studies | |
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| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | |
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| AIIA | Australian Information Industry Association | |
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| AIMS | Australian Independent Medical Services | |
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| AIPC | Australian Institute for Primary Care | |
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| AIRWG | Attendance Item Restructure Working Group (re: the 7-tier MBS structure) | |
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| AISC | Accreditation Interim Steering Committee | |
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| ALOS | Average Length of Stay | |
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| AMA | Australian Medical Association Limited | |
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| AMC | Australian Medical Council | |
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| AMPCO | Australian Medical Publishing Company | |
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| AMS | Aboriginal Medical Services | |
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| AMSN | Area of Medical Service Need | |
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| AMWAC | Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee | |
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| AN-DRG | Australian National Diagnosis Related Groups | |
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| AN-SNAP | Australian National Sub-Acute and Non-Acute Patient | |
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| ANAMH | Australian National Association for Mental Health | |
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| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office | |
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| ANAPHI | Australian Network of Academic Public Health Institutions | |
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| ANC | Australian Nursing Council | |
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| ANCC EH | Australian National Consultative Committee on eHealth | |
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| ANF | Australian Nursing Federation | |
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| ANGOSA | Association of Non Government Organisations of South Australia | |
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| ANZCA | Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists | |
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| ANZCHMHN | Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses | |
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| ANZPAC | Australia and New Zealand Podiatry Accreditation Committee | |
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| ANZSNM | Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine | |
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| ANZSPM | Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine | |
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| AOPA | Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Association | |
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| APA | Australian Physiotherapy Association | |
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| APAC | Australian Pharmacy Advisory Council | |
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| APCCP | Australian Primary Care Consumer Partnerships | |
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| APDC | Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition | |
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| APERF | Australian Podiatry Education and Research Foundation | |
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| APHCRI | Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute | |
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| APNA | Australian Practice Nurse Association | |
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| APodC | Australasian Podiatry Council | |
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| APS | Australian Public Service | |
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| APS | Australian Psychology Society | |
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| APSF | The Australian Patient and Safety Foundation | |
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| AR-DRG | Australian Refined Diagnosis Related Groups | |
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| ARACY | Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth | |
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| ARCHI | Australian Resource Centre for Hospital Innovations | |
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| ARD | Australian Rural Divisions | |
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| ARHEN | Australian Rural Health Education Network | |
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| ARHRI | Australian Rural Health Research Institute | |
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| ARIA | Accessibility Remoteness Index of Australia | |
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| ARRHPS | Australian Rural and Remote Health Professional Scholarship Scheme | |
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| ARRWAG | Australian Rural and Remote Workforce Agency Group | |
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| ASA | Audiological Society of Australia Inc (Audiology Australia) | |
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| ASA | Australian Sonographers Association | |
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| ASCEPT | Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists Toxicologists | |
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| ASD | Annual Survey of Divisions | |
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| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification | |
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| ASM | Australian Society of Microbiology | |
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| ASMI | Australian Self Medication Industry | |
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| ASNUG | Australian State National Users Group | |
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| ASRP | Advanced Rural Skills Posts | |
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| ASSID | Australian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability SA | |
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| ATAPS | Access to Allied Psychological Services | |
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| ATSI | Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | |
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| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission | |
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| AUD | Australian Urban Divisions [of General Practice] | |
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| AUSEINET | Australian Network for Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health | |
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| BCGP | British College of General Practitioners | |
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| BEACH | Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health | |
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| BINSA | Brain Injury Network of South Australia | |
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| BMA | British Medical Association | |
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| BMMS | Better Medication Management System | |
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| BOiMHC | Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care | |
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| BoQ | General Practice: Building on Quality project (www.bldoq.com) | |
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| BPP | Better Practice Program | |
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| BPPMC | Better Practice Program Monitoring Committee | |
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| CAA | Carers Association of Australia | |
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| CADE | Confused and Disturbed Elderly (units) | |
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| CADPHC | Central Australian Divisions of Primary Health Care | |
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| CAG | Clinical Advisory Groups | |
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| CAHE | Centre for Allied Health Evidence | |
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| CALD | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse | |
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| CAMHS | Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services | |
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| CARPA | Central Australia Rural Practitioners Association | |
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| CASA | Consumer's Association of South Australia | |
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| CATI | Computer-assisted Telephone Interview | |
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| CATSIN | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses | |
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| CBD | Central Business District | |
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| CCCA | Clinical Casemix Committee Australia | |
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| CCCN | Cochrane Collaboration Consumer Network | |
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| CCEB | Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics | |
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| CCP | Communication Care Packages | |
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| CCSM | Chronic Care Self Management | |
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| CCT | Coordinated Care Trials | |
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| CDAP | Centre for Drug and Alcohol Programs | |
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| CDC | Center for Disease Control (now CDCP) | |
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| CDCB | Communicable Diseases Control Branch | |
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| CDCP | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
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| CDIH | Centre for Development and Innovation in Health | |
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| CDM | Chronic Disease Management | |
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| CEA | Cost-effectiveness Analysis | |
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| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | |
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| CGPIS | Centre for General Practice Integration Studies | |
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| CHA | Catholic Health Australia | |
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| CHASP | Community Health And Standards Program | |
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| CHERE | Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation | |
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| CHERI | Children's Hospital Education and Research Institute | |
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| CHETRE | The Centre for Health Equity, Training Research and Evaluation | |
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| CHF | Consumers' Health Forum | |
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| CHP | Community Health Program | |
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| CHPE | Centre for Health Program Evaluation | |
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| CHROMES | Chromosome Handicapped Research Organisation for Medicine Education and Support | |
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| CHS | Community Health Service | |
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| CINAHIL | Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature | |
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| CMA | Comprehensive Medical Assessment | |
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| CME | Continuing Medical Education (known as CPD from January 2002) | |
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| CMOA | Career Medical Officers Association | |
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| COAG | Council of Australian Governments | |
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| COMCAS | Community Health Data Collection System | |
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| CONA | Community-oriented Needs Assessment Model | |
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| CoPs | Communities of Practice | |
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| COPT | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | |
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| COTA | Council on the Ageing | |
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| COTRB | Council of Occupational Therapists Registration Boards Inc | |
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| CPAA | Centre for Physical Activity in Ageing | |
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| CPD | Continuing Professional Development (formerly CME) | |
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| CPHCE | Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity | |
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| CPMC | Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges | |
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| CPMEC | Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Committee | |
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| CRANA | Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia | |
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| CRCAH | Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (formerly CRCATH) | |
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| CRCATH | Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Tropical Health (now CRCAH) | |
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| CRG | Consumer Reference Group | |
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| CRNHC | Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care | |
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| CRS | Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service | |
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| CRU | Community Resource Unit Incorporated | |
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| CSANZ | Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand | |
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| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | |
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| CSP | Commonwealth Supported Place (University) | |
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| CSSP | Clinical Support Systems Program of the RACP | |
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| CTEC | Collaborative Training and Education Centre (also known as The Centre for Medical and Surgical Skills) at the University of Western Australia | |
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| CYH | Child and Youth Health | |
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| CYWHS | Children, Youth & Women's Health Service | |
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| DAA | Dieticians Association of Australia | |
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| DALE | Disability Adjusted Life Expectancy | |
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| DALYs | Disability Adjusted Life Years | |
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| DARE | Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness | |
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| DASC | Drug and Alcohol Services Council | |
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| DCHS | Department of Health and Community Services | |
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| DCS | Domiciliary Care & Rehabilitation Services | |
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| DDAC | Divisions Development Advisory Committee | |
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| DEAG | Divisions Evaluation Advisory Group | |
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| DEEWR | Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (Australian Government) | |
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| DEST | Department of Education Science and Training (Australian Government) | |
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| DGP | Divisions of General Practice | |
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| DHAC | Department of Health and Aged Care (now Department of Health and Ageing) | |
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| DHCSS | Disability Health Care Support Service | |
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| DHFS | Department of Health and Family Services | |
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| DHHS | Department of Health & Human Services | |
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| DHS | Department of Human Services (now Department of Health, DH) | |
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| DMMR | Domiciliary Medication Management Review | |
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| DOC | Duties other than Consulting | |
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| DoHA | Department of Health and Ageing (formerly Department of Health and Aged Care) | |
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| DPGP | Demonstration Practice Grants Program | |
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| DRG | Diagnosis-related Group | |
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| DRS | Doctors Reform Society | |
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| DSC | Divisions Standing Committee | |
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| DSG | Divisions Steering Group | |
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| DURC | Descriptor Utilisation Review Committee | |
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| DVA | Department of Veterans' Affairs | |
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| EACH | Extended Age Care Packages | |
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| EAN | European Article Numbering (system) | |
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| EBHC | Evidence based health care | |
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| EBM | Evidence-based Medicine | |
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| EBP | Evidence Based Practice | |
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| ECA | Extended Care Assistant | |
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| EDIS | Emergency Department Information Service | |
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| EDS | Electronic Data Systems | |
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| EDS | Electronic Decision Support and Community Services Union | |
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| EHR | Electronic Health Records | |
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| ESG | Evaluation Steering Group | |
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| FASA | Funding and Service Agreement | |
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| FAYS | Family and Youth Services | |
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| FHBHRU | Flinders Human Behaviour & Health Research Unit | |
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| FMP | Family Medicine Programme | |
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| FMRC | Family Medicine Research Centre | |
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| FRAME | Federation of Australian Medical Educators | |
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| FWE | Fulltime Workload Equivalent | |
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| GAMSAT | Graduate Medical Schools Admissions Test | |
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| GAPP | Graduate Assistance and Partnerships Program | |
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| GDP | Gross Domestic Product | |
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| GMC | General Medical Council | |
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| GP | General practitioner/practice | |
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| GP PACE | General Practitioners as Health Planners, Advocates & Community Educators | |
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| GPAC | General Practice Advisory Committee | |
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| GPARIA | GP Accessibility and Remoteness Index of Australia | |
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| GPASC | General Practice Accreditation Steering Group | |
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| GPB | General Practice Branch [a branch of DoHA] | |
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| GPCC | General Practice Consultative Committee | |
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| GPCG | General Practice Computing Group | |
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| GPCG | General Practice Consultative Group | |
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| GPDV | General Practice Divisions - Victoria Ltd | |
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| GPEA | General Practice Education Australia | |
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| GPEP | General Practice Evaluation Program | |
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| GPET | General Practice Education and Training | |
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| GPETC | General Practice Education and Training Council | |
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| GPFG | General Practice Financing Group | |
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| GPIHSP | General Practice Indigenous Health Improvement Support Program | |
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| GPII | General Practice Immunisation Incentive | |
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| GPLO | General Practice Liaison Officer | |
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| GPN | General Practice Nurse | |
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| GPPAC | General Practice Partnership Advisory Council | |
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| GPPHCNT | General Practice and Primary Health Care Northern Territory | |
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