Medicaid Acronym of the Day – AAB

Avoidance of Antibiotic Treatment for Adults with Acute Bronchitis – The percentage of adults 18–64 years of age with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis who were not dispensed an antibiotic prescription. The measure is reported as an inverted rate [1 – (numerator/eligible population)]. A higher rate indicates appropriate treatment of adults with acute bronchitis (i.e., the proportion for whom antibiotics were not prescribed).

Further reading 

 https://www.premera.com/documents/032655.pdf

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