| A&E |
Accident and Emergency |
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| AAAGP |
Australian Association for Academic General Practice (now AAAPC) |
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| AAAPC |
Australian Association for Academic Primary Care |
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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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| ABI |
Acquired Brain Injury |
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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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| ACCMER |
Australian Centre for Complementary Medicine Education & Research |
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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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| ACEBCP |
Australian Centre for Evidence Based Clinical Practice |
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| ACEM |
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine |
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| ACER |
Australian Council for Educational Research |
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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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| ACHPER |
Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Inc. |
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| ACHR |
Australian Centre for Health Research |
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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 (now APC) |
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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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| ACQOL |
Australian Centre on Quality of Life |
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| ACS |
Australian Computer Society |
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| ACSPRI |
Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated |
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| ACSQHC |
Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care |
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| ACYS |
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies |
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| ADA |
Australian Dental Association |
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| ADAC |
Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA Inc) |
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| ADF |
Australian Drug Foundation |
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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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| AEA |
Australasian Epidemiology Association |
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| AEEMA |
Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association |
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| AeJAMH |
Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental Health |
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| AES |
Australasian Evaluation Society |
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| AFMW |
Australian Federation of Medical Women |
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| AFP |
Australian Family Physician |
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| AFPHM |
Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
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| AGPAL |
Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited |
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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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| AHCSA |
Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia |
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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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| AHPRA |
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
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| AHPs |
Allied Health Professionals |
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| AHRC |
Aboriginal Health Resource Cooperative |
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| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
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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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| AI |
Associate Investigator |
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| AIATSIS |
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies |
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| AIDAB |
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau |
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| AIFS |
Australian Institute of Family Studies |
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| AIHI |
Australian Institute of Health Innovation |
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| AIIA |
Australian Information Industry Association |
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| AIMS |
Australian Independent Medical Services |
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| AIPCA |
Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing |
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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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| AJP |
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy |
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| AJPH |
Australian Journal of Primary Health |
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| AJRH |
Australian Journal of Rural Health |
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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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| ANPHA |
Australian National Preventive Health Agency |
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| ANTaR |
Australians for Native Title & Reconciliation |
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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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| ANZDATA |
Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry |
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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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| APC |
Australian Physiotherapy 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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| APO |
Australian Policy Online |
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| APodC |
Australasian Podiatry Council |
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| APSF |
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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| ARHRI |
Australian Rural Health Research Institute |
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| ARIA |
Accessibility Remoteness Index of Australia |
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| ARNM |
Australian Rural Nurses & Midwives |
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| ARO |
Ageing Research Online |
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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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| ASPREN |
Australian Sentinel Practices Research Network |
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| ASRP |
Advanced Rural Skills Posts |
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| ASSDA |
Australian Social Science Data Archive |
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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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| AWHN |
Australian Women's Health Network |
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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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| BHC |
Better Health Channel |
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| BINSA |
Brain Injury Network of South Australia |
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| BMA |
British Medical Association |
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| BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
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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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| CAHSPR |
Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research |
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| CALD |
Culturally and Linguistically Diverse |
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| CAM |
Complementary and Alternate Medicine |
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| CAMHS |
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services |
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| CANR |
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research |
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| CARA |
Database of Cancer Research in Australia (Melbourne Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer) |
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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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| CBA |
Cost-benefit Analysis |
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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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| CCNet |
Cochrane Consumer Network |
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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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| CEBM |
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine |
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| CEBMH |
Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health |
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| CEEHD |
Centre for Evidence in Ethnicity, Health and Diversity |
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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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| CHAIN |
Contact, Help, Advise and Information Network |
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| CHASP |
Community Health And Standards Program |
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| CHE |
Centre for Health Evidence |
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| CHERI |
Children's Hospital Education and Research Institute |
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| CHF |
Consumers' Health Forum |
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| CHIRI |
Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute |
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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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| CHSPR |
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research |
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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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| CMAJ |
Canadian Medical Association Journal |
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| CME |
Continuing Medical Education (known as CPD from January 2002) |
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| CMO |
Chief Medical Officer |
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| CMOA |
Career Medical Officers Association |
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| CMVH |
Centre for Military and Veterans' Health |
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| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
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| COH |
Centre for Online Health |
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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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| 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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| CRD |
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination |
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| CRE |
Centres of Research Excellence |
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| CRG |
Consumer Reference Group |
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| CRH |
Centre for Remote Health |
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| CRH (UK) |
Centre for Rural Health |
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| CRNHC |
Centre for Research into Nursing and Health Care |
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| CRRMH |
Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health |
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| CRS |
Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service |
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| CSANZ |
Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand |
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| CSI |
Centre for Social Impact |
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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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| CUA |
Cost-utility Analysis |
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| CVD |
Cardiovascular disease |
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| CYH |
Child and Youth Health |
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| DAA |
Dietitians 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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| 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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| DHI |
Diversity Health Institute Clearinghouse |
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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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| DOAJ |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOC |
Duties other than Consulting |
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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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| EDQUM |
Enhanced Divisional Quality Use of Medicine |
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| EDS |
Electronic Decision Support and Community Services Union |
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| EDS |
Electronic Data Systems |
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| EHR |
Electronic Health Records |
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| EPC |
Enhanced primary care |
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| ESG |
Evaluation Steering Group |
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| ESRC |
Economic & Social Research Council Communications Toolkit |
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| FAHR |
Flinders Aboriginal Health Research |
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| FASA |
Funding and Service Agreement |
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| FAYS |
Family and Youth Services |
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| FMDRL |
Family Medicine Digital Resources Library |
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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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| GEHR |
Good Electronic Health Record |
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| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
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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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| GPNLG |
General Practice Network Leadership Group |
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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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| GPR |
General Practice Registrar |
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| GPRA |
General Practice Registrars Australia Ltd. |
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| GPRF |
MRC General Practice Research Framework |
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| GPRG |
General Practice Reference Group |
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| GPRIP |
General Practice Rural Incentives Program |
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| GPRLO |
GP Registrar Liaison Officer |
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| GPRRP |
General Practice Rural and Remote Program |
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| GPS |
General Practice Strategy |
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| GPSA |
General Practice Society of Australia |
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| GPSCU |
General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit (of USyd) |
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| GPSLO |
GP Supervisor Liaison Officer |
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| GPSR |
General Practice Strategy Review |
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| GPSRG |
General Practice Strategy Review Group |
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| GPTR |
General Practice Training Review |
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| GPWG |
General Practice Working Group |
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| HACC |
Home and Community Care |
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| HACSU |
Health and Community Services Union |
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| HARP |
Hospital Admission Risk Program in Victoria |
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| HBGs |
Health Benefits Groups |
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| HCC |
Health Call Centre/Contact Centre |
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| HCN |
Health Communication Network |
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| HCRRA |
Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia |
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| HDSC |
Health Data Standards Committee |
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| HEADWEST |
Head Injured Society of Western Australia Inc |
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| HEALY |
Health Adjusted Life Year |
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| HEAPS |
Health Education and Promotion Scheme |
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| HEARNet |
Health Evaluation and Research Network |
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| HECS |
Higher Education Contribution Scheme |
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| HELP |
Higher Education Loan Programme |
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| HERRD |
Health Education Rural and Remote Resources Database |
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| HeSA |
Health Signature Authority Pty Ltd |
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| HESTA |
Health Employees Superannuation Trust Australia |
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| HHSC |
Hospitals and Health Services Commission |
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| HIC |
Health Insurance Commission |
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| HICOA |
Head Injury Council of Australia |
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| HIDC |
Health Industry Development Centre |
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| HIMAA |
Health Information Managers Association Australia |
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| HIPS |
Health Information Privacy & Security |
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| HIRC |
Health Inequalities Research Collaboration |
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| HIREU |
Health Informatics Research and Evaluation Unit |
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| HISA |
Health Informatics Society of Australia Ltd |
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| HLN |
Health Leaders Network |
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| HM&RC |
Health Rights & Community Action |
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| HMR |
Home Medications Review |
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| HOOP |
Health Outcome-oriented Problem |
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| HOOPS |
Health Outcome-oriented Problem Segmentation |
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| HPCA |
Health Professionals Council of Australia |
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| HPIO |
Health Provider Identifier Organisation |
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| HPPA |
Hospital Purchaser-Provider Agreement |
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| HPU |
Hospital Planning Unit |
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| HRECs |
Human Research Ethics Committees |
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| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission |
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| HRGs |
Health Resource Groups |
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| HSP |
Health Systems Performance |
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| HSR |
Health Services Research |
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| HSRG |
Health Service Research Group |
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| HSUA |
Health Services Union of Australia |
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| HSWCS |
Health & Social Welfare Councils |
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| HTIC |
Health Targets and Implementation Committee |
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| HWPC |
Health Workforce Principal Committee |
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| IBCLC |
International Board Certified Lactation Consultant |
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| ICD |
International Classification of Diseases |
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| ICD-10-AM |
International Classification of Diseases, 10 revision, Australian Modification |
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| ICP |
Integrated Care Program |
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| ICPC-2 |
International Classification in Primary Care - version 2 |
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| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
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| IEC |
Institutional Ethics Committee |
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| IFA |
Improvement Foundation Australia |
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| IHCA |
Institute for Healthy Communities Australia Limited |
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| IHE |
Integrating the Health Enterprise |
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| IHI |
Individual Health Identifier |
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| IHPA |
Independent Hospital Pricing Authority |
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| IHR |
Institute of Health Research |
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| IIQM |
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology |
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| IKT |
Institute of Knowledge Transfer |
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| ILAP |
Integrated Local Area Planning |
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| IM |
Information Management |
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| IM&ICT |
Information Management and Information and Communications Technology |
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| IM&T |
Information Management and Technology |
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| IM/IT |
Information Management and Information Technology |
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| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
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| IMG |
International Medical Graduate (formerly known as Overseas Trained Doctor) |
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| IMMF |
Information Management Maturity Framework |
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| IMPACT |
Interdisciplinary Maternal Perinatal Australasian Clinical Trials Network |
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| IMS |
Information Management Services |
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| IMSG |
Information Management Strategy Group |
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| IMVS |
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science |
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| IMWP |
Information Management Working Party |
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| ING |
Inter-Divisional Network Group |
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| IPA |
Independent Practice Association |
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| IPTAS |
Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme |
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| IQOLA |
International Quality of Life Assessment Project |
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| IQP |
Incentives for Quality Prescribing |
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| ISC |
Inpatient Statistics Collection |
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| ISERU |
Integration Support and Evaluation Resource Unit |
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| ISIS |
Inpatients Separations Information System |
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| ISO |
International Organization for Standardization |
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| ISOQOL |
International Society for Quality of Life Research |
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| IT |
Information Technology |
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| IUHPE |
International Union for Health Promotion and Education |
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| JADE |
Journal Abstracts Delivered Electronically |
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| JAMA |
Journal of the American Medical Association |
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| JBI |
Joanna Briggs Institute |
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| JDRF |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation |
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| JFSS |
John Flynn Scholarship Scheme |
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| JUCET |
Joint University Centre for Education and Training (Melbourne's GP education provider) |
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| JUCET GP |
Joint Universities Centre for Education and Training in General Practice |
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| JVA |
Joint Venture Agreement |
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| KIE |
Kennedy Institute of Ethics |
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| KPI |
Key Performance Indicator |
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| KTE |
Knowledge Transfer & Exchange |
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| LGA |
Local Government Area |
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| LHN |
Local Hospital Networks |
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| LMO |
Locum Medical Officer |
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| MAE(GP) |
Master of Applied Epidemiology (General Practice) Program |
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| MAHS |
More Allied Health Services |
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| MALSSA |
Multicultural Practice and National Disability Service Standards |
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| MBCC |
Medicare Benefits Consultative Committee |
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| MBS |
Medical Benefits Scheme |
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| MCC |
Multi-agency Community Centres |
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| MDO |
Medical Defence Organisation |
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| MDS |
Medical Deputising Service |
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| MEDIC-GP |
Medical Enquiry Drug Information Centre - General Practice |
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| MES |
Medicine Education and Support |
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| MH-CASC |
Mental Health Classification and Service Cost Classification |
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| MHCA |
Mental Health Council of Australia |
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| MHRC |
Mental Health Resource Centre (SA) Inc. |
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| MHRI |
Mental Health Research Institute |
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| MHS |
Mental Health Services |
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| MIRAGE |
Multidisciplinary Interest in Rural And General health Education |
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| MJA |
Medical Journal of Australia |
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| MMHA |
Multicultural Mental Health Australia |
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| MMR |
Medication Management Review |
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| MOG |
Medical Oncology Group of Australia |
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| MonCOEH |
Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health |
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| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
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| MPA |
Multi-Program Agreement |
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| MRBS |
Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship |
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| MSAC |
Medicare Services Advisory Committee |
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| MSD |
Melbourne Statistical Division |
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| MSFHR |
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
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| MSHR |
Menzies School of Health Research |
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| MSOAP |
More Specialist Outreach Assistance Program |
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| MUDRIH |
Monash University Department of Rural and Indigenous Health |
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| NAC |
National Asthma Council |
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| NACA |
National Aged Care Alliance |
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| NAGATSIHID |
National Advisory Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Information Data |
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| NAGPA |
National Association of General Practitioners of Australia |
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| NAHAC |
National Allied Health Advisors Committee |
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| NAHC |
National Allied Health Conference |
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| NAHCC |
National Allied Health Classification Committee |
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| NAHOU |
Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit |
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| NAHS |
National Aboriginal Health Strategy |
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| NAIHO |
National Aboriginal and Islander Health Organisations |
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| NAMDS |
National Association for Medical Deputising Service |
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| NAPCRG |
North American Primary Care Research Group |
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| NARG |
National Asthma Reference Group |
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| NATSEM |
National Centre for Social and Economic Modeling |
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| NATSINSAP |
National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and Action Plan |
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| NBCC |
National Breast Cancer Centre |
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| NCCI |
National Cancer Control Initiative |
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| NCDDR |
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research |
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| NCEPMC |
National Consortium for Education in Primary Medical Care |
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| NCIRS |
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance - Current project groups 2006 |
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| NCOPP |
National Coalition of Public Pathology |
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| NCRIS |
National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy |
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| NDHP |
National Demonstration Hospitals Program |
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| NDOQRIN |
National Diabetes Outcome Quality Review Initiative |
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| NDSG |
National Diabetes Strategy Group |
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| NEAC |
National Evidence Assessment Centre Model |
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| NeLH |
National Electronic Library of Health |
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| NENA |
National Enrolled Nurses Association |
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| NESB |
Non-English Speaking Background |
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| NGOs |
Non Government Organisations |
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| NH&HRC |
National Health and Hospital Reform Commission |
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| NHDC |
National Health Data Committee |
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| NHDD |
National Health Data Dictionary |
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| NHF |
National Heart Foundation |
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| NHIA |
National Health Information Agreement |
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| NHIG |
National Health Information Group |
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| NHIMAC |
National Health Information Management Advisory Council |
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| NHIMG |
National Health Information Management Group - includes NHDC |
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| NHIMPC |
National Health Information Management Principal Committee |
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| NHIRF |
National Health Information Regulatory Framework |
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| NHISAC |
National Health Standards Advisory Committee |
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| NHPA |
National Health Performance Authority |
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| NHPA |
National Health Priority Areas |
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| NHPAC |
National Health Priority Action Council |
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| NHPC |
National Health Performance Committee |
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| NHS |
National Health Scheme |
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| NHS |
National Health Service (UK) |
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| NHSAC |
National Health Standards Advisory Committee |
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| NHTAP |
National Health Technology Advisory Panel |
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| NHWT |
National Health Workforce Taskforce |
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| NIA |
Nursing Informatics Australia |
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| NIFS |
National Institute of Forensic Science |
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| NiGP |
Nursing in General Practice |
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| NINDS |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
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| NIPH |
Newcastle Institute of Public Health |
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| NIS |
National Information Service (now PHC RIS) |
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| NLM |
National Library of Medicine |
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| NMDS |
National Minimum Data Set |
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| NMHP |
National Mental Health Policy |
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| NOAH |
New York Online Access to Health |
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| NPCC |
National Primary Care Collaboratives |
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| NPHCP |
National Primary Health Care Partnership |
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| NPHP |
National Public Health Partnership |
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| NPI |
National Performance Indicator |
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| NPP |
National Privacy Principles |
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| NQF |
National Quality Forum |
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| NQPS |
National Quality and Performance System |
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| NRA |
National Registrars Association |
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| NRC |
Neuroscience Research Centre |
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| NRCBL |
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature |
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| NRCCPH |
National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health |
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| NREEC |
National Research and Evaluation Ethics Committee |
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| NRHA |
National Rural Health Alliance |
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| NRHC |
National Rural Health Conference |
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| NRHN |
National Rural Health Network |
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| NRHS |
National Rural Health Strategy |
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| NRUDRH |
Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health |
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| NSQAC |
National Specialist Qualification Advisory Committee |
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| NSWTAG |
New South Wales Therapeutic Advisory Group |
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| NTRHWA |
Northern Territory Remote Health Workforce Agency |
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| NURHC |
National Undergraduate Rural Health Conference |
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| NWHP |
National Women's Health Program |
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| NZHTA |
New Zealand Health Technology Assessment |
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| O&HS |
Occupational Health and Safety |
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| OAA |
Optometrists Association Australia |
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| OACIS |
Open Architecture Clinical Information System |
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| OBF |
Outcomes Based Funding |
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| OLGA |
On-line Guide to Accessing health related information |
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| OMP |
Other Medical Practitioner |
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| OT |
Occupational Therapist |
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| OTD |
Overseas Trained doctor (now known as International Medical Graduate) |
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| OWN |
Older Women's Network |
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| PaCCSC |
Palliative Care Clinical Studies Collaborative |
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| PACT |
Primary Care Alliance for Clinical Trials |
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| PALS |
Palliative Access Links |
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| PAPS |
Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 |
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| PARC |
Primary mental health care Australian Resource Centre |
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| PASS |
Practice Assessment and Support Service |
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| PATCH |
Planned Approach to Community Health |
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| PATS |
Patient's Assistance Travel Scheme |
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| PBAC |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee |
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| PBMA |
Program Budgeting and Marginal Analysis |
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| PBRN |
Practice Based Research Network |
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| PBS |
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
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| PCEHR |
Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record |
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| PCP |
Primary Care Partnerships |
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| PDA |
Private Doctor's Association |
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| PDCSA |
Physical Disability Council of South Australia |
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| PEDro |
Physiotherapy Evidence Database |
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| PEHS |
Public and Environmental Health Services |
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| PELS |
Postgraduate Education Loan Scheme |
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| PEW |
Planning and Evaluation Wizard |
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| PGA |
Pharmacy Guild of Australia |
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| PGPPP |
Prevocational General Practice Placement Program |
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| PHAA |
Public Health Association of Australia Inc. |
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| PHAC |
Public Health Agency of Canada |
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| PHAIWA |
Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA |
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| PHARM |
Pharmaceutical Health and Rational Use of Medicines |
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| PHCAP |
Primary Health Care Access Program |
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| PHCO |
Primary Health Care Organisation |
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| PHCRED |
Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development |
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| PHERP |
Public Health Educational and Research Program |
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| PHIAC |
Private Health Insurance Administration Council |
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| PHIDG |
Population Health Information Development Group |
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| PHIDU |
Public Health Information Development Unit |
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| PHIL |
Public Health Image Library |
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| PHOFA |
Public Health Outcome Funding Agreements |
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| PHRDC |
Public Health Research and Development Committee |
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| PIP |
Practice Incentives Program |
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| PKI |
Public Key Infrastructure |
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| PMHCI |
Primary Mental Health Care Initiative |
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| PMR |
Perinatal Mortality Rate |
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| PMS |
Pensioner Medical Service |
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| POE |
Post-occupancy Evaluation |
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| POEMs |
Patient Oriented Evidence that Matters |
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| PRCC |
Parallel Rural Community Curriculum |
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| PROQOLID |
Patient Reported Outcome and Quality of Life Instruments Database |
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| PSM |
Practice Support Model |
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| PSP |
Practice Support Program |
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| PSRS |
Professional Services Review Scheme |
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| PTF |
Presidential Task Force |
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| PYLL |
Potential Years of Life Lost |
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| QA&CE |
(RACGP) Quality Assurance and Continuing Education Program |
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| QAG |
Quality Advisory Group |
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| QALY |
Quality Adjusted Life Year |
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| QCMHR |
Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research |
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| QCTC |
Queensland Clinical Trials Centre |
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| QDGP |
Queensland Divisions of General Practice |
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| QIC |
Quality Improvement Council |
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| QIF |
Quality Improvement Funding |
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| QIMR |
Queensland Institute of Medical Research |
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| QIP |
Quality in Practice Pty Ltd. |
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| QMS |
Quality Management Services |
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| QRMSA |
Queensland Rural Medical Support Agency |
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| QUDI |
Quality Use of Diagnostic Imaging |
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| QuM |
Quality use of Medicines Program |
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| QUMMAP |
Quality Use of Medicine Mapping Project |
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| R&D |
Research and Development |
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| RAB |
Research Advisory Board |
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| RACF |
Residential Aged Care Facility |
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| RACGPTP |
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Training Program |
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| RACMA |
Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators |
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| RACOG |
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists |
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| RACP |
Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists |
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| RACP |
Royal Australasian College of Physicians |
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| RACS |
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons |
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| RADAR |
Register of Australian Drug and Alcohol Research |
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| RAF |
Resource Allocation Formula |
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| RAHUS |
Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme |
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| RAIN |
Rural Allied Health Information Network |
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| RAMIS |
Research and Management Information Services |
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| RAMUS |
Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship |
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| RANZCO |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists |
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| RANZCP |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists |
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| RANZCR |
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists |
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| RAWG |
Research Agenda Working Party |
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| RAWP |
Resource Allocation Working Party |
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| RCAHI |
Research Centre for Adaptation in Health and Illness |
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| RCBI |
Research Capacity Building Initiative |
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| RCF |
Residential Care Facility |
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| RCGP |
Royal College of General Practitioners |
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| RCPA |
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia |
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| RCS |
Royal College of Surgeons |
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| RCS |
Rural Clinical School (of Medicine) |
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| RCT |
Randomised Controlled Trial |
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| RDAA |
Rural Doctor Association of Australia |
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| RDCU |
Rural Divisions Coordinating Units |
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| RDF |
Resource Distribution Formula |
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| RDN |
Rural Doctors Network (NSW) |
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| RDNS |
Royal District Nursing Service |
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| RDP |
Researcher Development Program (for PHCRED) |
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| RDSU |
Trent Research and Development Support Unit |
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| RED |
Research, Evaluation and Development |
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| RFDS |
Royal Flying Doctors Service |
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| RGPS |
Regional and General Paediatric Society |
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| RHeaNA |
Refugee Health Network of Australia |
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| RHEC |
Rural Health Education Centre |
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| RHEF |
Rural Health Education Foundation |
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| RHRR |
Rural Health Research Register |
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| RHS |
Regional Health Service |
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| RHSET |
Rural Health Support, Education and Training Program |
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| RHSP |
Regional Health Services Program |
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| RHTU |
Rural Health Training Unit |
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| RHWA |
Rural Health Workforce Australia |
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| RIP |
Rural Incentives Program |
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| RIPIC |
Rural Incentives Program Implementation Committee |
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| RLO |
Registrar liaison officer |
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| RMFN |
Rural Medical Family Network |
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| ROAR |
Roadmap of Australian primary health care research |
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| RPA |
Rural Pharmacists Australia |
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| RRGPP |
Rural and Remote General Practice Program |
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| RRMA |
Rural, Remote and Metropolitan Areas |
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| RRMEO |
Rural and Remote Medical Education Online |
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| RTP |
Regional training provider |
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| RTS |
Rural Training Stream |
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| RUSC |
Rural Undergraduate Support Committee |
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| RWA |
Rural Workforce Agency |
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| RWAAWP |
Rural Workforce Agency Advisory Working Party |
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| RWJF |
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation |
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| RWSA/RWA |
Rural Workforce Support Agencies |
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| SACOSS |
South Australian Council of Social Service Inc |
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| SACRRH |
South Australian Centre for Rural and Remote Health |
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| SAHC |
South Australian Health Commission |
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| SAMHS |
South Australian Mental Health Service |
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| SAPO |
South Australian Policy Online |
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| SARA |
Scholarly Articles Research Alerting |
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| SARRMSA |
South Australian Rural and Remote Medical Support Agency |
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| SBO |
State Based Organisation (of Divisions of General Practice) |
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| SCHS |
Sisters of Charity Health Service |
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| SCOHM |
Standing Committee of Health Ministers |
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| SDG |
Service Development Group |
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| SDO |
NHS Service Delivery and Organisation |
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| sdoh |
Social determinants of health |
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| SDS |
Services Delivery Strategy |
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| SEG |
Strategic Evaluation Group |
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| SEIFA |
Socio Economic Indexes for Areas |
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| SERU |
Support and Evaluation Resource Units |
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| SES |
Socio-Economic Status |
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| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
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| SESAHS |
South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service |
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| SF-36 |
Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 |
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| SHINE |
Sexual Health Information Networking & Education |
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| SHPA |
Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia |
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| SIGNAL |
Strategic Inter-Governmental Nutrition Alliance |
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| SIMC |
Statistical Information Management Committee |
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| SIP |
Service Incentive Payment |
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| SLO |
Supervisor Liaison Officer |
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| SMR |
Standardised Mortality Ratio |
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| SNAP |
Service Needs Assessment Profile |
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| SNOMED |
Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine |
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| SPA |
Speech Pathology Australia |
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| SPSS |
Statistical Package for Social Sciences |
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| SRES |
Strategic Evidence Research Section |
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| SRG |
Service-Related Group |
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