Asthma in Australia 2005 
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Abbreviations
| AAP | Asthma action plan |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACAM | Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring |
| ACS | Automated Coding Software |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| AHR | Airway hyperresponsiveness |
| AIHW | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| ARIA | Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia |
| ASGC | Australian Standard Geographical Classification |
| ASMA | Australian System for Monitoring Asthma |
| ATC | Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical |
| BEACH | Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health |
| CATI | Computer-assisted telephone interview |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CURF | Confidentialised unit record files |
| DDD | Defined daily dose |
| DIMIA | Department of Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs |
| DoHA | Department of Health and Ageing (Australian Government) |
| ECRHS | European Community Respiratory Health Survey |
| ED | Emergency Department |
| EDDC | Emergency Department Data Collection (NSW Health Department) |
| ETS | Environmental tobacco smoke |
| GINA | Global Initiative for Asthma |
| FEV1 | Forced expiratory volume in 1 second |
| GP | General practitioner |
| GPSCU | General Practice Statistics and Classification Unit |
| HIC | Health Insurance Commission |
| HOIST | Health Outcomes and Information Statistical Toolkit (NSW Health Department) |
| HRQoL | Health-related quality of life |
| ICD-9 | International Classification of Diseases version 9 |
| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases version 9, Clinical Modification |
| ICD-10 | International Classification of Diseases version 10 |
| ICD-10-AM | International Statistical Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Australian Modification |
| ICPC-2 | International Classification of Primary Care |
| IRSD | Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage |
| ISAAC | International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood |
| ISC | Inpatients Statistics Collection |
| MBS | Medical Benefits Schedule |
| NAC | National Asthma Council |
| NAEPP | National Asthma Education and Prevention Program |
| NARG | National Asthma Reference Group |
| NHMD | National Hospital Morbidity Database |
| NHPA | National Health Priority Area |
| NHS | National Health Survey |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| PBS | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| PIP | Practice Incentive Program |
| Qld | Queensland |
| RPBS | Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme |
| RRMA | Rural, Remoteness and Metropolitan Areas (classification) |
| SA | South Australia |
| SAND | Supplementary Analysis of Nominated Data |
| SEIFA | Socio-Economic Index for Areas |
| SF-36 | Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 |
| SLA | Statistical Local Area |
| Tas | Tasmania |
| VAED | Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset |
| VEMD | Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset |
| Vic | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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