| Abbreviation | Full name (English and/or Slovak) |
| AMR | Antimicrobial Resistance |
| CONCORD | Global cancer survival programme of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| CVTI | Centre for Scientific and Technical Information (Centrum vedecko technických informácií) |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| DRG | Diagnosis-Related Groups (Klasifikačný systém podľa skupín súvisiacich diagnóz) |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECDC | European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control |
| ECIS | European Cancer Information System |
| EHIS | European Health Interview Survey (Európske zisťovanie o zdraví) |
| EPIS | Epidemiological Information System (Epidemiologický informačný systém) |
| EU | European Union |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Union |
| EU-SILC | EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (Zisťovanie o príjmoch a životných podmienkach domácností) |
| FTE | Full-time equivalent |
| GP | General practitioner |
| HBSC | Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study |
| HCQO | Healthcare Quality and Outcomes (OECD data collection) |
| HIC | Health insurance company |
| HLAB | High Level Advisory Board of the project “Developing the HSPA Framework for the Slovak Republic” |
| HSPA | Health System Performance Assessment (Hodnotení výkonnosti zdravotného systému) |
| IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
| IZA | Institute for Health Analyses, Ministry of Health (Inštitút zdravotných analýz, Ministerstvo zdravotníctva) |
| JHAQ | Joint Health Accounts Questionnaire (OECD/WHO/Eurostat data collection) |
| JQNMHS | Joint Data Collection on Non-Monetary Healthcare Statistics (OECD/WHO/Eurostat data collection) |
| MoF | Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky) |
| MoH | Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky) |
| MPSVR | Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic (Ministerstvo práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny Slovenskej republiky) |
| NCZI | National Health Information Centre (Národné centrum zdravotníckych informácií) |
| NSC | National Screening Centre, Ministry of Health (Národné skríningové centrum, Ministerstvo zdravotníctva) |
| NUTS2 | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics – level 2 |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (Organizácia pre hospodársku spoluprácu a rozvoj) |
| OOP | Out-of-pocket payments |
| OS ZZS SR | Operational Centre of Emergency Medical System of the Slovak Republic (Operačné stredisko záchrannej zdravotnej služby Slovenskej republiky) |
| OVZ | Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health (Odbor verejného zdravia, Ministerstvo zdravotníctva) |
| PaRIS | Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys (Prieskum indikátorov hlásených pacientmi) |
| PMT | Project Management Team of the project “Developing the HSPA Framework for the Slovak Republic” |
| PREMs | Patient-Reported Experience Measures (Indikátory skúseností (so starostlivosťou) hlásené pacientmi) |
| PROMs | Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (Indikátory výsledkov (starostlivosti) hlásené pacientmi) |
| PWG | Principal Working Group of the project “Developing the HSPA Framework for the Slovak Republic” |
| SFLP | Section of Pharmacy and Drug Policy, Ministry of Health (Sekcia farmácie a liekovej politiky, Ministerstvo zdravotníctva) |
| SHA | System of Health Accounts |
| ŠÚ SR | Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky) |
| ŠÚKL | State Institute for Drug Control (Štátny ústav pre kontrolu liečiv) |
| TIGs | Technical Implementation Groups, Slovak HSPA governance |
| TFC | Technical Focus Groups (of the project “Developing the HSPA Framework for the Slovak Republic”) |
| ÚDZS | Healthcare Surveillance Authority (Úrad pre dohľad nad zdravotnou starostlivosťou) |
| ÚVZ | Public Health Authority (Úrad verejného zdravotníctva) |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
Health System Performance Assessment Framework for the Slovak Republic
