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 |