URSA-QUALITY-AAB: Antibiotic Avoidance for Acute Bronchitis (AAB)

Measure Description

Among qualifying episodes of new acute bronchitis for patients aged 3 months and older, the percentage that were not dispensing an antibiotic for 3 days following the index encounter in which the initial diagnosis was documented. Unadjusted Certified Measure 288afeea-3bdc-4ac4-b47f-3023dd41cd12

Metadata

• Measure Type: Rate Measure
• Temporal Structure: Entity
• Component Class: Long-Form
• Denominator Case Field: Output NCQA Payer Type Code, Episode ID
• Target Direction: Down

Denominator Description

Episodes of new acute bronchitis for patients aged 3 months and older at the time of the index encounter.

Numerator Description

Qualifying denominator patients without a qualifying antibiotics fill within 3 days following the index encounter.

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