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<strong>Health</strong> systems <strong>in</strong> transition <strong>Hungary</strong><br />

Abbreviations<br />

GPMSSP General Practitioners’ Morbidity Sent<strong>in</strong>el Stations Programme<br />

HCSO Hungarian Central Statistical Office<br />

HDGs Homogeneous disease groups (Hungarian DRGs)<br />

HFSA Hungarian F<strong>in</strong>ancial Supervisory Authority<br />

HIF <strong>Health</strong> Insurance Fund<br />

HISA <strong>Health</strong> Insurance Supervisory Authority<br />

HTA <strong>Health</strong> technology assessment<br />

HUF Hungarian for<strong>in</strong>t<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

IT Information technology<br />

LAU Local adm<strong>in</strong>istrative units<br />

LTNC Long-term nurs<strong>in</strong>g care<br />

MCH Mother and child health<br />

MRI Magnetic resonance imag<strong>in</strong>g<br />

MSA Medical sav<strong>in</strong>gs account<br />

NATO North Atlantic Treaty <strong>Organization</strong><br />

NCHAI National Centre for <strong>Health</strong> Care Audit and Inspection (no longer under this name)<br />

NBSS National Blood Supply Service<br />

NCU National Currency Unit<br />

NGO Non-governmental organization<br />

NHA National <strong>Health</strong> Accounts<br />

NHIFA National <strong>Health</strong> Insurance Fund Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

NISHR National Institute for Strategic <strong>Health</strong> Research<br />

NPHMOS National Public <strong>Health</strong> and Medical Officer Service<br />

NPHP National Public <strong>Health</strong> Plan<br />

NPIFA National Pension Insurance Fund Adm<strong>in</strong>istration<br />

NUTS Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics<br />

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development<br />

OHAAP Office of <strong>Health</strong> Authorization and Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Procedures<br />

OOP Out-of-pocket (payment)<br />

PET Positron Emission Tomography<br />

PIF Pension Insurance Fund<br />

PPP Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Power Parity<br />

PPRI Pharmaceutical Pric<strong>in</strong>g and Reimbursement Information<br />

PPS Purchas<strong>in</strong>g Power Standard<br />

SDR Standardized Death Rate<br />

SDS Alliance of Free Democrats (Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége)<br />

SHI Social health <strong>in</strong>surance<br />

TAJ Social Insurance Identification Number (Társadalombiztosítási Azonosító Jel)<br />

VAT Value added tax

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