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AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIHW - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
ALOS - average length of stay
APSU - Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit
BEACH - Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health
CI - confidence interval
CrI - credible interval
D - days (with illness)
DALY - disability-adjusted life year
DHS - Department of Human Services (Victoria)
DoHA - Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
DRG - diagnosis related group
ED - emergency department
ESR - erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FBC - full blood count
FSANZ - Food Standards Australia New Zealand
GBS - Guillain-Barré syndrome
GP - general practitioner
HDC - household productivity and disruption costs
HIV - human immunodeficiency virus
HLA - human leucocyte antigen
HUS - haemolytic uraemic syndrome
IBS - irritable bowel syndrome
ICD-10-AM - International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification
Ig - immunoglobulin
LFC - lifestyle (residual) costs
LFT - liver function test
MBS - Medicare Benefits Schedule
NCEPH - National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health
NDSS - (state or territory) notifiable diseases surveillance system
NEPSS - National Enteric Pathogens Surveillance Scheme
NHMD - National Hospital Morbidity Database
NNDSS - National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System
NSAID - nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
PV - present value
QoL - quality of life
ReA - reactive arthritis
RF - rheumatoid factor
RR - relative risk
SD - standard deviation
STEC - shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli
SW - severity weight
TC - total costs
VDH - value of a day of good health
VTEC - verotoxigenic Escherichia coli
WPC - workplace costs
WTP - willingness to pay

Symbols

$ Australian dollars, unless otherwise specified
$m million dollars
g gram
kg kilogram
mg milligram
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— nil or rounded to zero
n.a. not available
p.a. per annum
.. not applicable
% per cent
’000 thousands
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