Exploring the Preferences of the Australian Public for Antibiotic Treatments: A Discrete Choice Experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify Australian public preferences for antibiotic treatments in the context of antibiotic stewardship.

Methods

A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was conducted in Australia to investigate the importance of seven attributes associated with antibiotic treatments and related stewardship practices: contribution to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), treatment duration, side effects, days needed to recover, days before taking antibiotics, treatment failure and out-of-pocket costs. The DCE data were analysed using conditional logit, mixed logit and latent class conditional logit models. The relative importance of each attribute was calculated.

Results

A total of 1882 respondents completed the survey; the main study sample consist of 1658 respondents (mean age 48

SUBMITTER: Degeling C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10409829 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature