AAR
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Accelerated Access Review
The AAR aims to speed up access to innovative drugs, devices and diagnostics for NHS patients.
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ABHI
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Association of British Healthcare Industries
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ABPI
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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ADD
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Actual Daily Doses
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ATC
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Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical
A classification system, where the active substances are divided into different groups according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties.
Drugs are classified in groups at five different levels. The drugs are divided into fourteen main groups (1st level), with pharmacological/therapeutic subgroups (2nd level). The 3rd and 4th levels are chemical/pharmacological/therapeutic subgroups and the 5th level is the chemical substance.
The 2nd, 3rd and 4th levels are often used to identify pharmacological subgroups when that is considered more appropriate than therapeutic or chemical subgroups.
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CCG
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Clinical Commissioning Group
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CG
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Clinical Guideline
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CMU
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Commercial Medicines Unit (Department of Health)
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DDD
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Defined Daily Dose.
Defined daily doses (DDDs) are a World Health Organisation (WHO) statistical measure of medicine consumption. DDDs are used to standardise the comparative usage of various medicines between themselves or between different health care environments.
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DG
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Diagnostics guidance
Evaluates single or multiple technologies, particularly in complex care pathways, and uses cost-effectiveness analysis to assess technologies including those which offer additional patient benefit for additional investment.
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DH
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Department of Health
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DQ
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Data Quality
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ePACT data
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Primary Care Prescribing Data. Data on prescribing by primary care collected by the NHSBSA.
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FCE |
Finished Consultant Episode - |
FP10
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Prescriptions written in primary care but dispensed in the community
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FP10HP
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Prescriptions written in hospital but dispensed in the community
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HES
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Hospital Episode Statistics
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HPAI
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Hospital Pharmacy Audit Index – a data set owned by QuintilesIMS
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Homecare medicines
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The supply of hospital prescribed medicines direct to patients in their own homes.
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HSCIC
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Health and Social Care Information Centre
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IH&W Board
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Innovation, Health and Wealth Board
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Industry data
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Sales data provided by the Pharmaceutical Industry
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IPG
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Interventional procedures guidance
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Median
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The middle number of a group of numbers;
that is, half the numbers have values that are greater than the median, and half the numbers have values that are less than the median
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MHRA
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Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
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MIB
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Medtech innovation briefings
NICE advice designed to support NHS and social care commissioners and staff who are considering using new medical devices and other medical or diagnostic technologies.
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Modal
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The most frequently occurring number in a group of numbers
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MTG
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Medical technology guidance
Evaluates new, innovative medical devices and diagnostics that:
- deliver treatment - like those implanted during surgical procedures
- give greater independence to patients
detect or monitor medical conditions
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NHS
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National Health Service
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NICE
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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NOACs
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Novel Oral Anticoagulants
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NPSG
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National Pharmaceutical Supply Group
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OHE
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The Office of Health Economics
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OLS
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Office for Life Sciences
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ONS
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Office of National Statistics
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Outsourced Supply
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The supply of hospital prescribed medicines direct to outpatients from a contracted dispenser.
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PCA
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Prescription Cost Analysis
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Prescription Services
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A department within the NHS Business Services Authority
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Primary Care
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Primary care is the term for the health care services provided within the local community, acting as the first point of consultation.
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Quintile
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A quintile is a statistical term describing a division of organisations into five defined intervals based upon the values for the organisations and how they compare to the entire set of organisations. Each quintile contains 20% of the total organisations. The organisations have been ordered from smallest to largest use. The first quintile represents the lowest fifth of the data (1-20%); the second quintile represents the second fifth (21% - 40%) etc.
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Secondary Care
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Secondary care is known as acute healthcare and can be either elective care or emergency care. Also referred to as hospital Trusts.
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SCMD |
Secondary Care Medicines Dataset supplied by Rx-Info |
STP
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Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
The NHS and local councils have formed partnerships in 44 areas covering all of England, to improve health and care. Each area has developed proposals built around the needs of the whole population in the area, not just those of individual organisations.
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TA
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NICE Technology Appraisal
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Trust
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An NHS hospital Trust, also known as an acute Trust provides secondary health services. A hospital Trust may include a number of local hospitals, under a single overall management arrangement.
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UKSA
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UK Statistics Authority
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WHO
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World Health Organisation
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