FHC Terminology - Chapter 2: Health Care Systems

PPO

• personal protection order

• preferred provider organization

• public policy organization

• private placement option

LTCF

• long-term care facility

• local transportation control fund

• lightweight tactical combat force

• long-term community fund

OSHA

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• Office of Safety and Health Assessment

• Occupational Standards and Health Agency

• Office of Safety and Health Administration

AHA

• American Heart Association

• American Health Agency

• Association of Health Administrators

• American Hospital Association

CDC

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Center for Disease Control

• Central Disease Control

• Centers for Disease Control

HMO

• health maintenance organization

• health management organization

• hospital management organization

• health monitoring organization

HHS

• Health and Human Services

• Health and Housing Services

• Human Health and Safety

• Health and Human Security

FDA

• Food and Drug Administration

• Federal Drug Agency

• Food Distribution Authority

• Federal Department of Agriculture

NIH

• National Institutes of Health

• National Institute of Health Sciences

• National Institute of Health and Medicine

• National Health Information Center

WHO

• World Health Organization

• World Health Assembly

• World Health Fund

• World Health Council