| ACCESS | Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Supports Program |
| ACF | Administration for Children and Families |
| ACYF | Administration on Children, Youth and Families |
| AHCPR | Agency for Health Care Policy and Research |
| AMC | academic medical center |
| AoA | Administration on Aging |
| AOD | alcohol and other drugs |
| ASPE | Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation |
| ASSIST | Automated System for Survey Information and Statistical Tools |
| ATSDR | Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry |
| BDMP | Birth Defects Monitoring Program |
| BHP | benign prostatic hyperplasia |
| BPHC | Bureau of Primary Health Care |
| CABG | coronary artery bypass graft |
| CA/CN | child abuse/child neglect |
| CAHPS | Consumer Assessments of Health Plans Study |
| CBOs | community-based organizations |
| CCIs | comprehensive community initiatives |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CHC | Community Health Center |
| CIO | center, institute, office |
| CLPP | childhood lead poisoning prevention |
| C/MHCs | Community and Migrant Health Centers |
| CMHS | Center for Mental Health Services |
| CSAP | Center for Substance Abuse Prevention |
| DASH | Division of Adolescent and School Health |
| DCDC | Detailed Case Data Component |
| DPP | Demonstration Partnership Program |
| DRGs | Diagnosis-Related Groups |
| EACH | Essential Access Community Hospital |
| EBLLs | elevated blood lead levels |
| ENP | Elderly Nutrition Program |
| EPOC | Evaluation Policy Oversight Committee |
| EPSDT | early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment |
| FAS | fetal alcohol syndrome |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FETP | Field Epidemiology Training Program |
| FIAC | fiacitibine |
| FIAU | fialuridine |
| FP/FS | Family Preservation and Family Support Services |
| FQHCs | Federally Qualified Health Centers |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GBS | Guillain-Barre syndrome |
| GME | graduate medical education |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| HBCUs | historically black colleges and universities |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HCD | human capital development |
| HCFA | Health Care Financing Administration |
| HHE | Health Hazard Evaluation program |
| HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
| HMOs | health maintenance organizations |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| ICs | institutes and centers |
| IHS | Indian Health Service |
| IMRs | infant mortality rates |
| IoM | Institute of Medicine |
| IV-D | child support enforcement programs |
| JOBS | Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training |
| K awards | NIH Career Development awards |
| KSI | Key States Initiative |
| LFA | labor force attachment |
| LIHEAP | Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program |
| LPPB | Lead Poisoning Prevention Branch (of CDC) |
| LPPP | Lead Poisoning Prevention Program |
| MARC | Minority Access to Research Careers |
| MCHB | Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
| MCO | managed care organization |
| MDD | Medications Development Division |
| ME/C | medical examiner or coroner |
| MECISP | Medical Examiner/Coroner Information-Sharing Program |
| MEDPAR | Medicare Provider Analysis and Review |
| MEDTEP | Medical Treatment Effectiveness Program |
| MEPS | Medical Expenditure Panel Surveys |
| MFP | multisystem family preservation |
| MFS | Medicare fee schedule |
| MLHP | midlevel health providers |
| MQSA | Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 |
| NPDB | National Practitioner Data Bank |
| NCANDS | National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System |
| NCCDPHP | National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
| NCHS | National Center for Health Statistics |
| NCP | National Cancer Program |
| NCRR | National Center for Research Resources |
| NDAs | New Drug Applications |
| NDI | National Death Index |
| NHAMCS | National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey |
| NHANES | National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHIS | National Health Interview Survey |
| NHLBI | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute |
| NIAAA | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism |
| NICHD | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development |
| NIDA | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIDDK | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
| NIDR | National Institute of Dental Research |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NIMH | National Institute of Mental Health |
| NINR | National Institute of Nursing Research |
| NIP | National Immunization Program |
| NLM | National Library of Medicine |
| NLTN | National Laboratory Training Network |
| NNIS | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance program |
| NRSA | National Research Service Award |
| NSF | National Science Foundation |
| NTIES | National Treatment Improvement Evaluation Study |
| NTIS | National Technical Information Service |
| OAA | Older Americans Act |
| OASH | Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health |
| OASPE | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Planning and Evaluation |
| OCS | Office of Community Services |
| OCSE | Office of Child Support Enforcement |
| ODPHP | Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
| OEI | Office of Evaluations and Inspections |
| OIG | Office of the Inspector General |
| OMH | Office of Minority Health |
| OPA | Office of Public Affairs |
| OPEL | Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Legislation |
| OPHS | Office of Public Health and Science |
| OPO | Organ Procurement Organization |
| OPPE | Office of Program Planning and Evaluation |
| ORD | Office of Research and Demonstrations |
| ORHP | Office of Rural Health Policy |
| ORI | Office of Research Integrity |
| OWH | Office of Women's Health |
| PDQ | Physician Data Query |
| PDUFA | Prescription Drug User Fee Act |
| PESD | Post-Employment Services Demonstration |
| PFS | Parents' Fair Share |
| PIC | Policy Information Center |
| PP | permanency planning |
| PTCA | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty |
| RHCT | Rural Health Care Transition |
| RPCH | Rural Primary Care Hospital |
| RWCA | Ryan White Care Act |
| SAMHSA | Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SDC | Summary Data Component |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income |
| TMRC | Technical Merit Review Committee |
| TRIM2 | Transfer Income Model-Number 2 |
| UDS | Uniform Data System |
| URS | Uniform Reporting System |
| VA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| WINGS | Women and Infant Nurturing Services |