Appendix A: Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 2005–2008 – List of abbreviations

Appendix A: List of Abbreviations

ACCS	Ambulatory Care Classification System
CANSIM	Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System
CCHS	Canadian Community Health Survey
CCRS	Continuing Care Reporting System
CDTI	Canadian Disease and Therapeutic Index
CIHI	Canadian Institute for Health Information
CMDB	Canadian Management Information Systems Database
CPWC	Cost per weighted case
CS	CompuScript
CV	Coefficient of variation
DAD	Discharge Abstract Database
EBIC	Economic Burden of Illness in Canada
FP	Friction period
HMDB	Hospital Morbidity Database
HMHDB	Hospital Mental Health Database
ICD	International Classification of Diseases
LOP	Loss of productivity
LOS	Length of stay
NACRS	National Ambulatory Care Reporting System
NDP	Net domestic product
NHEX	National Health Expenditure Database
NRS	National Rehabilitation Reporting System
OMHRS	Ontario Mental Health Reporting System
PHAC	Public Health Agency of Canada
RIW	Resource Intensity Weight
SCIPP	System for Classification of In-Patient Psychiatry
SWPD	SCIPP weighted patient day
UD	Unemployment duration
USC	Uniform System of Classification