| AASB |
Australian Accounting Standards Board |
| ABS |
Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| AIHW |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| AIHW Act |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987 |
| AKI |
acute kidney injury |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| COAG |
Council of Australian Governments |
| CKD |
chronic kidney disease |
| CT |
computerised tomography |
| CVD |
cardiovascular disease |
| DHS |
Australian Government Department of Human Services |
| DSS |
Australian Government Department of Social Services |
| EA |
AIHW's Enterprise Agreement |
| EEO Act |
Equal Employment Opportunity (Commonwealth Authorities) Act 1987 |
| EL |
Executive Level |
| FACS |
NSW Department of Family and Community Services |
| FRR |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Financial Reporting) Rule 2015 |
| FoI Act |
Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| FTE |
full-time equivalent |
| GST |
Goods and Services Tax |
| HTML |
hypertext markup language |
| HPV |
human papilloma virus |
| ICD-11 |
International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision |
| ICT |
information and communications technology |
| Institute |
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
| IPA |
Individual Performance Agreement [for AIHW staff] |
| MBS |
Medicare Benefits Schedule |
| METeOR |
AIHW's Metadata Online Registry |
| MoU |
memorandum of understanding |
| NABERS |
National Australian Built Environment Rating System |
| NAPLAN |
National Assessment Program—Literacy and Numeracy |
| NCSP |
National Cervical Screening Program |
| NHPA |
National Health Performance Authority |
| NMDS |
national minimum data set (see 'Glossary') |
| NSW |
New South Wales |
| NTD |
neural tube defect |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PAF |
Performance Accountability Framework (for health services) |
| PBS |
Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PDF |
portable document format |
| PGPA Act |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 |
| PGPA Rule |
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Rule 2014 |
| RMS |
Rehabilitation Management System |
| SA |
South Australia |
| SAMAC |
AIHW's Statistical and Analytical Methods Advisory Committee |
| SAS VA |
SAS Visual Analytics |
| SES |
Senior Executive Service |
| WA |
Western Australia |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WHS |
work health and safety |
| WHS Act |
Work Health and Safety Act 2011 |
