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ACRONYMS
The acronyms employed throughout the different sections are listed below.
- BSIC: Basic Stable Inputs of Care
- DESDE: Description and Evaluation of Services and Directories in Europe
- EPCAT: European Psychiatric Care Assessment Team
- ESMS: European Service Mapping Schedule
- GP: General Practitioner
- HMO: Health Maintenance Organization
- ICD: International Classification of Diseases
- ICF: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
- ICHA: International Classification of Health Accounts
- ICHI: International Classification of Health Interventions
- ISCO: International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) Code
- LTC: Long Term Care
- MTC: Main Types of Care
- WHO: World Health Organisation
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