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Annex: acronyms and abbreviations
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
APEAS Spanish Study on Patient Safety in Primary Care
COLD Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
CPG Clinical Practice Guide
DG SANCO Directorate General for Health and Consumers
ENEAS Spanish National Study on Adverse Events linked to Hospitalisation
EU European Union
EUROSTAT Statistical Office of the European Commission
HCAI Healthcare Associated Infections
ICD 10 International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition
ICD 9 CM International Classification of Diseases 9th Edition, Clinical Modification
ICPC International Classification of Primary Care
IHTSDO International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation
INGESA Spain’s National Institute of Health Management
IT Information Technology
MBDS-HD Minimum Basic Data Set of clinical records-Hospital Dischange
NAOS Strategy for Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention
NHS National Health System of Spain
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCIS Primary Care Information System
PERSEO Pilot Programme in Schools for Health, Physical Exercise and against Obesity
SNOMED Systematised Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms
WHO World Health Organisation