OECD Reviews of Public Health: Korea

Acronyms and abbreviations

ABV	Alcohol by Volume
AMR	Anti-microbial Resistance
AVIESAN	Alliance national pour les sciences de la vie et de la santé, National alliance for human sciences and health
BMI	Body mass index
COPD	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder
DDD	Daily Defined Dose
DKK	Danish Krone
DMAT	Local disaster Medical Assistance Teams
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DSIS	Disaster Situation Information System
DTC	Direct-to-consumer
DTP	Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis
EAP	Employee Assistance Programmes
EMR	Electronic Medical Record
EOC	Emergency Operations Center
FDA	United States Food and Drug Administration
GBP	British Pounds
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GHFM	Genomics Health Futures Mission
GISAH	Global Information System on Alcohol and Health
HIRA	Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service
HRN	Human Rights Network
HuBIS	Human Biobank Information Systems
IHD	Ischemic Heart Disease
IHD	Ischaemic Heart Disease
IPCC	Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
ISP	Individualised Service Plan
JPN	Japanese Yen
KAPO	Korea Alliance of Patient Organizations
KARE	Korean Association REsource
KBN	Korean Biobank Network
KCDC	Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
KHPI	Korea Health Promotion Institute
KHPI	Korean Health Promotion Institute
KIFTE	Korean Institute of Genetic Test Evaluation
KNHANES	Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
KoGAP	Korean Genome Analysis Project
KoGES	Korean Genome Epidemiology Study
KBP	Korea Biobank Project
KRG	Korean Reference Genome
KRW	Korean Won
LTC	Long-term care
LTCI	Long-term care insurance
MERS/MERS-COV	Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
MFDC	Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
MOE	Ministry of Environment
MOEL	Ministry of Employment and Labor
MOHW	Ministry of Health and Welfare
MOIS	Ministry of Interior and Safety
MOTIE	Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
NCD	Non-communicable Disease
NCSP	National Cancer Screening Programme
NDMI	National Disaster Management Institute
NDSCC	National Disaster Safety Control Center
NDSCC	National Disaster and Safety Control Center
NECA	National Evidence-based Healthcare Collaborating Agency
NEMC	National Emergency Medical Center
NFA	National Fire Agency
NGS	Next-generation Sequencing
NHI	National Health Insurance
NHIS	National Health Insurance Service
NIP	National Immunization Programme
NNIDSS	National Notifiable Infectious Disease Surveillance System
NRA	National Risk Assessment
OECD	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PHIS	Public Health Information System
SARS/SARS-CoV	Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
SJK	Korean individual genome sequence
TB	Tuberculosis
USD	United States Dollar
WES	Whole Exome Sequencing
WGS	Whole Genome Sequencing
WHO	World Health Organization