|
Acronym
|
Full Name
|
|
BEA |
Bureau of Economic
Analysis, US Department of Commerce |
|
CEPAL |
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (eng. ECLAC
) |
|
CMS |
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
|
CNS |
Cuentas Nacionales de Salud/Sanitarias |
|
COFOG |
Classification of Functions of Governments |
|
COICOP |
Classification of Individual Consumption by Purposes |
|
COMISSCA |
Consejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamérica |
|
COPNI |
Classification of Outlays of Producers |
|
CPC |
Central Product Classification |
|
CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
|
CS |
Cuentas de Salud/Sanitarias |
|
DFID |
Department for International Development, UK |
|
DHS |
Demographic Health Survey |
|
ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (sp. CEPAL) |
|
ESA |
European System of Accounts |
|
EU |
European Union |
|
Eurostat |
European Statistical Office |
|
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
|
GFS |
Government Finance Statistics |
|
GNDI |
Gross National Disposable Income |
|
GNI |
Gross National Income |
|
HA |
Health Accounts |
|
HCFA |
Health Care Finance Administration (renamed CMS in 2001) |
|
HIES |
Household Income Expenditure Survey |
|
HSFA |
Health Sector Financial Analysis |
|
HSSA |
Health Sector Satellite Accounts |
|
HTA |
Health Technology Assessment |
|
ICHA |
International Classification of Health Activities |
|
ICHE |
International Classification of Health Expenditures (now ICHA) |
|
IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
|
IDSS |
Instituto Dominicano de Seguridad Social |
|
IESS |
Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguro Social/Seguro Social Campesino |
|
IGSS |
Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social |
|
IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
|
IMR |
Infant Mortality Rate |
|
IPSS |
Instituto Peruano de Seguridad Social |
|
ISC |
Industrial Standard Classification (U.S.A.) |
|
ISCE |
International Standard Classification of Expenditures |
|
ISIC |
International Standard Industrial Classification |
|
ISSS |
Instituto Salvadoreno de Seguridad Social |
|
ISSTE |
Instituto de Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado
(Mexico) |
|
LFS |
Labor Force Survey |
|
LSMS |
Living Standard Measurement Survey |
|
MOF |
Ministry of Finance |
|
MOH |
Ministry of Health |
|
MS |
Ministerio de Salud |
|
NAISC |
North American Industrial Standard Classification |
|
NHA |
National Health Accounts |
|
NHEA |
National Health Expenditure Accounts, U.S.A. |
|
NIPA |
National Income and Product Accounts, U.S.A. |
|
NNI |
Net National Income |
|
NPISH |
Non-profit Institutions Serving Households |
|
NPV |
Net Present Value |
|
OCDE |
Organizacion para la Cooperación y Desarrollo Económico |
|
ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
|
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, based in
Paris, France |
|
OPS |
Pan-American Health Organization |
|
OTC |
Over-the-counter |
|
PARIS21 |
Partnership in Statistics
for Development in the 21st Century |
|
PCE |
Personal Consumption Expenditures |
|
PHRplus |
Partnership for Health Reform Project |
|
PIB |
Producto Interno Bruto |
|
PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
|
PSER |
Public Sector Expenditure Review |
|
R&D |
Research and Development |
|
RESSCA |
Reunión Especial del Sector Salud de Centroamérica |
|
SA |
Satellite Accounts |
|
SAM |
Social Account Matrices |
|
SEEA |
System of environmental and economic accounts |
|
SHA |
A System of Health Accounts |
|
SNA |
System of National Accounts |
|
UN |
United Nations |
|
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
|
USD |
United States Dollar |
|
VAT |
Value Added Tax |
|
WHO |
World Health Organization |
|
WTO |
World Trade Organization |
