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4 Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy KCE Reports 74<br />

ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ACS Acute Coronary Syndrome<br />

AEC Annual Equivalent Cost<br />

AGE Arterial Gas Embolism<br />

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US)<br />

Amb Ambulatory<br />

AMI Acute Myocardial Infarction<br />

ASC Ambulatory Surgical Centre<br />

ATA Atmospheres Absolute (pressure)<br />

AUD Australian dollar<br />

CABG Coronary Artery Bypass Graft<br />

CAD Canadian dollar<br />

CBA Cost-Benefit Analysis<br />

CDSR Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews<br />

CE Cost Effectiveness<br />

CEA Cost-Effectiveness Analysis<br />

CI Confidence Interval<br />

CMA Cost-Minimization Analysis<br />

CNAM Caisse Nationale de l’Assurance Maladie<br />

CO Carbon monoxide<br />

COHb Carboxy Haemoglobin<br />

CRD Centre for Reviews and Dissemination<br />

CUA Cost-Utility Analysis<br />

CVZ College Voor Zorgverzekeringen<br />

DARE Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects<br />

dB Decibel<br />

DCI Decompression Illness (summary term for AGE or DCS)<br />

DCS Decompression Sickness<br />

DDRC Diving Diseases Research Centre<br />

DRG Diagnosis Related Group<br />

ECHM European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine<br />

EU European Union<br />

FTE Full Time Equivalent<br />

GPCI Geographic Practice Cost Index<br />

Gy Gray (unit of radiation dose)<br />

HAD scale Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale

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