Abbreviations

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ABS

Australian Bureau of Statistics

ACCHOs

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations

ACCHRTOs

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Registered Training Organisations

ACCHS

Aboriginal community-controlled health services

ACCHSs

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

ADA

Australian Dental Association

ADOHTA

Australian Dental and Oral Health Therapists Association

AFDO

Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

AHHA

Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association

AIHW

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

AMA

Australian Medical Association

AMSANT

The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory

ATAR

Australian Tertiary Admission Rank

CDBS

the Child Dental Benefits Schedule

CDDS

Chronic Disease Dental Scheme

CDCP

Canadian Dental Care Plan

CHF

Consumers' Health Forum of Australia

CPSA

The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association

CYDA

Children and Young People with Disability Australia

DHAA

Dental Hygienists Association of Australia

DHS

Department of Health Services

DoHAC

Department of Health and Aged Care

DoJ

Department of Justice

DPB

Dental Practice Board

DSS

Department of Social Services

DVA

Department of Veterans' Affairs

DWAUs

Dental Weighted Activity Units

ED

Emergency Department

FFA

The Federation Funding Agreement

FTE

Full time equivalent staff

GA

General anaesthesia

GP

General Practitioner

HCCA

Health Care Consumers' Association Inc

HECS

Higher Education Contribution

HILDA

Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia

ICU

Intensive care unit

IV

Intravenous

KDT

Kimberley Dental Team

LSAC

Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

LSIC

Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children

MBS

Medical Benefits Schedule

MM

Modified Monash

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

NCOHS

National Child Oral Health Study

NDIA

National Disability Insurance Agency

NDIS

National Disability Insurance Scheme

NHI

Finnish National Health Insurance

NHS

The National Health Service

NIOH

Network for the Integration of Oral Health

NMHS

North Metropolitan Health Service

NOHA

National Oral Health Alliance

NOHS

National Oral Health Survey

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PBO

Parliamentary Budget Office

PBS

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

PDS

Public Dental Service

PHA

Private Healthcare Australia

PHAA

Public Health Association of Australia

PHCOHPA WA

Primary Health Care Oral Health Providers Association of Western Australia

PRIM-HS

Primary Care Rural Integrated Multidisciplinary Health Services

RACP

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians

RACP

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

RFDS

The Royal Flying Doctor Service

RHMT

The Rural Health Multidisciplinary training

SDBS

Seniors Dental Benefit Scheme

SHI

Social Health Insurance

SND

Special Needs Dentistry

TXA

Tranexamic acid

UK

United Kingdom

UQ

University of Queensland

USA

United States of America

VACCHO

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

VDS

Veteran’s Dental Scheme

VOHA

The Victorian Oral Health Alliance

WA

Western Australia

WHO

World Health Organization