AETS: Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias del Instituto Carlos III.
AETMIS: Agence d’Evaluation des technologies et des modes d’Interventión en Santé.
AETSA: Agencia de Evaluación de Tecnologías Sanitarias de Andalucía.
CADTH: dian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
ARs: Autonomous Regions.
CDRH: Centre for Devices and Radiological Health.
EC: European Community.
CEDIT: Comite d’Evaluation et de Diffusion des Innovations Technologiques, France.
ICD: International Classification of Diseases.
MBDS: Minimum Basic Data Set.
USA: United States of America.
FDA: Food and Drug Administration.
FP: False positives.
FN: False negatives.
HAS: La Hauté Autorité Santé.
INAHTA: International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment.
RD: Royal Decree.
NPV: Negative predictive value.
PPV: Positive predictive value.