Contextual Factors that Influence Antibiotic Prescribing: A Discrete Choice Experiment of GP Registrars.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Antimicrobial resistance is a global emergency related to overprescribing of antibiotics. Few studies have explored how prescribing behaviours may change as the consequence of changing resistance. Understanding how contextual factors influence antibiotic prescribing will facilitate improved communication strategies to promote appropriate antibiotic prescribing. We aimed to develop and conduct a discrete choice experiment (DCE) to measure how contextual factors influence intended antibiotic prescribing of general practitioner (GP) registrars.

Methods

Factors included as attributes in the DCE were level of antibiotic resistance, requirement for an authority to prescribe, existence of a Practice Incentives Program (PIP) for low prescribing and supervisor support fo

SUBMITTER: Merlo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11811472 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature