| ARV | Antiretroviral |
| AUGE | Acceso Universal con Garantías Explícitas = GES Garantías Explícitas en Salud |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CASEN | Encuesta de Caracterización Socioeconómica Nacional – National Socioeconomic Characterisation Survey |
| CEMP | Pfizer’s Center of Excellence in Precision Medicine |
| CENABAST | Central Nacional de Abastecimiento |
| CGG-UDD | Centro de Genética y Genómica at the Universidad del Desarrollo |
| CONADECUS | Corporación Nacional de Consumidores y Usuarios |
| CONICYT | Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CORFO | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción |
| CT and MRI scanners | Computerized tomography scanner ; Magnetic resonance imaging |
| DALYs | Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| DIPLAS | División de Planificación Sanitaria |
| DIPOL | División de Políticas Públicas Saludables y Promoción |
| DIPRECE | División de Prevención y Control de Enfermedades |
| DIPRES | Dirección de Presupuestos |
| DIVAP | División de Atención Primaria |
| DMP | Disease Management Programmes |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| EGAPP | Evaluation of Genomics in Practice and Prevention |
| EMP | Examen de Medicina Preventiva |
| EMR | Electronic Medical Records |
| EPES | Educación Popular en Salud |
| ETESA | Evaluación de TEcnologías SAnitarias |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAP | Familial adenomatous polyposis |
| FDA | US Food and Drug Administration |
| FISH | Fluorescent in-situ hybridization |
| FONASA | Fondo Nacional de Salud |
| FONDEF | Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GES | Garantías Explícitas en Salud = AUGE Acceso Universal con Garantías Explícitas |
| GMLB-ISP | Genética Molecular, Laboratorio Biomédico, ISP |
| GP | General Practitioner |
| HEPA | Health-enhancing physical activity |
| HIV/AIDS | Human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HNPCC | Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer |
| HPV | Human papillomavirus |
| IARC | International Agency for Research on Cancer |
| IARC GLOBOCAN | International Agency for Research on Cancer Global Cancer Observatory |
| ICD | Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| IHD | Ischaemic Heart Disease |
| IHME | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| INTA-UCH | Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos at Universidad de Chile |
| ISAPRE | Instituciones de Salud Previsional |
| ISP | Instituto de Salud Pública |
| JUNAEB | Junta Nacional de Auxilio Escolar y Becas |
| LBMC-PUC | Laboratorio de Biología Molecular y Citogenética at Pontificia Universidad Católica ( |
| LCBM-HS | Laboratorio Clínico de Biología Molecular, Hospital del Salvador |
| MEDICHI | Medical faculty at the University of Chile |
| MLPA | Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| NHS | National Health Service |
| NP | Nurse Practitioners |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ONEMI | National Emergency Office of the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
| PANDA | Programa Adulto Nacional de Drogas Antineoplásicas – |
| PAP | Papanicolaou test |
| PLDP | Personal Data Protection Project |
| PNI | National Immunization Program |
| PPP | Purchasing Power Parities |
| PREMs | Patient-reported experiences measures |
| PROMs | Patient-reported outcome measures |
| PSCV | Programa de Salud Cardiovascular |
| RNA | Ribonucleic acid |
| SEREMIS | Secretaría regional ministerial |
| SHA | System of Health Accounts |
| SSB | Sugar-sweetened beverage |
| STIs | Sexually transmitted infection |
| UDD | Universidad del Desarrollo |
| UN | United Nations |
| US | United States |
| USD | US Dollar |
| WGS | Whole genome sequencing |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
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