Ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Atención primaria de salud (Primary Health Care)
Atención primaria de salude integral (Integrated Primary Health Care)
Antiretroviral treatment
Acceso universal de garantías explícitas (Universal access for explicit guaranties)
Asistente técnico de atención primaria (Primary care technical assistant)
Body Mass Index
Community Centres for Temporary Isolation
Centro de Atención Primaria
Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social (Costa Rican Social Insurance)
National Rehabilitation Centre
National Telemedicine Centre
Congestive heart failure
Community health worker
Interinstitutional Commission on Training of Human Resources for Health (Mexico)
Canadian Institute for Health Information (Canada)
Local Epidemiological Surveillance Commission
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Dirección Regional de Salud (Regional Health Directorate)
Dirección General de Información en Salud (Mexico)
Diphtheria, tetanus toxoid and pertussis
Equipos Básicos de Atención Integral en Salud (Integral Primary Health Teams)
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Expediente Digital Único en Salud (Single National Health Record in Costa Rica)
Electronic health record
Integrated Intervention Teams
Emergency Operations Committee (Argentina)
Empresas Promotoras de Salud
Smart Health Service in Peru
Family health team
Fee for service
Fondo Nacional de Salud (National Health Fund)
Full time equivalent
Global Dietary Database
Gross Domestic Product
Global Health Observatory
Global Health Estimators
General practitioner
Human resources for health
Intensive care unit
Information and Communication Technology
Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation
Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (Mexican Institute of Social Security)
National Statistics and Computing Institute
National Institute of Health (Colombia)
Instituto de Salud Para el Bienestar (Institute for Health and Well-being)
Instituciones prestadoras de servicios de salud (Health Provider Institutions)
Instituciones Prestadoras de Salud (Health Providing Companies)
Instituciones de Salud Previsional (Institutions of Prospective Health)
Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers)
Integrated Intervention Teams
Registro Nacional de Personal de la Salud (Peru)
Latin American and the Caribbean
Long-term care facilities
Territorial Model of Integrated Action
Módulos de Atención Respiratoria des Seguro Social (Respiratory Care Modules)
Modelo Integral de Atención en Salud (Integral Health Care Model)
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Health and Social Protection
National Advisory Committee on Immunisation (Canada)
Non-communicable diseases
National Council for Human Talent in Health (Colombia)
Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development
Federal Observatory of Human Resources in Health (Argentina)
Out-of-pocket
Pan American Health Organization
OECD Patient-Reported Indicators Survey
Pay for Performance
Primary Care Practitioner
Plan Esencial de Aseguramiento en Salud (Essential Health Coverage Scheme)
Primary health care
Programa Médico Obligatorio (Mandatory Medical Program)
Personal protective equipment
Paediatric primary health care
Purchasing power parity
Patient-reported experience measure
Registros de Salud
La Red Federal de Registros de Profesionales de la Salud (Argentina)
Registro Único Nacional del Talento Humano en Salud (Colombia)
Secretaria Regional Ministerial (Regional Ministerial Secretary)
Social Health Insurance
Sistema de Información Administrativa de los Recursos Humanos de Enfermería (Mexico)
Sistema Nacional de Recursos Humanos en Salud (Costa Rica)
Seguro Integral de Salud (Integral Health Insurance)
Sistema Nacional de Servicios de Salud (National Health Surveillance System)
Argentina National Health Surveillance System
Under-secretariat for Prevention and Health Promotion (Mexico)
Sistema Único de Saúde (Unique Health System)
Superintendencia General de Seguros (General Superintendence for Insurances)
Superintendencia de Servicios de Salud (Superintendence of Health Services)
Testing, tracking and contact tracing strategy
Vaccine‑preventable diseases
World Health Organization
Workload Indicators of Staffing Need