Prescriber preferences for behavioural economics interventions to improve treatment of acute respiratory infections: a discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To elicit prescribers' preferences for behavioural economics interventions designed to reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, and compare these to actual behaviour.

Design

Discrete choice experiment (DCE).

Setting

47 primary care centres in Boston and Los Angeles.

Participants

234 primary care providers, with an average 20 years of practice.

Main outcomes and measures

Results of a behavioural economic intervention trial were compared to prescribers' stated preferences for the same interventions relative to monetary and time rewards for improved prescribing outcomes. In the randomised controlled trial (RCT) component, the 3 computerised prescription order entry-triggered interventions studied included: Suggested Alternatives (SA), an alert

SUBMITTER: Gong CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5051402 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature