The role of environmental impact in healthcare providers' choices of inhalers for treatment of asthma and COPD: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pressurised metered-dose inhalers (pMDIs), often prescribed for the treatment of COPD and asthma have a high global warming potential (GWP) compared to dry powder inhalers (DPIs) and soft-mist inhalers. Despite calls to switch from high to DPIs or soft-mist inhalers, prescriptions of pMDIs have increased in recent years. Understanding healthcare providers' preferences can help develop strategies to promote prescribing low GWP inhalers. This study aimed to determine healthcare providers' preferences when prescribing inhalers for asthma and COPD, including its GWP (i.e. environmental impact).

Methods

A survey containing a discrete choice experiment was conducted. Primary care providers were repetitively asked to choose between scenarios of inhalers that differed in

SUBMITTER: Arslan IG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12406421 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature