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List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviations<br />

ABS Australian Benefit Scheme<br />

ACC Accident Compensation Corporation<br />

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome<br />

AMA American Medical Association<br />

AUT Auckland University <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />

AUTEC Auckland University <strong>of</strong> Technology Ethics Committee<br />

BMJ British Medical Journal<br />

CAC Community Advisory Committee<br />

CADTH Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health<br />

CaEC Cancer <strong>Exceptional</strong> Circumstances<br />

CaTSoP Cancer Treatment Sub-Committee <strong>of</strong> PHARMAC<br />

CEC Community <strong>Exceptional</strong> Circumstances<br />

COX-1 Cyclooxygenase 1<br />

COX-2 Cyclooxygenase 2<br />

CT Computerised Tomography<br />

CUA Cost-utility analysis<br />

DAP District Accountability Plan<br />

DHB District Health Board<br />

DHBNZ District Health Board’s New Zealand<br />

DoH Department <strong>of</strong> Health<br />

DPMC Department <strong>of</strong> Prime Minster and Cabinet<br />

EC <strong>Exceptional</strong> Circumstances<br />

FSH Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GP General Practitioner<br />

HER Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor<br />

HEC Hospital <strong>Exceptional</strong> Circumstances<br />

HPC Hospital Pharmaceuticals in <strong>the</strong> Community<br />

MMP Mixed Member Proportional<br />

MNZ Medicines New Zealand<br />

MP Member <strong>of</strong> Parliament<br />

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging<br />

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