Physician Antibiotic Prescribing Preferences in Community Acquired Pneumonia and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: A National Discrete Choice Experiment

In a discrete choice experiment, physicians were found to prioritize rapid symptom improvement and dosing convenience over side-effect risks and future antibiotic resistance when selecting antibiotics to treat community-acquired pneumonia and complicated urinary tract infections, with variation by specialty and practice setting. These prescribing preferences can inform antibiotic stewardship efforts and guide development of antibiotic trials with clinically meaningful endpoints.