Who is willing to stay sick for the collective? - Individual characteristics, experience, and trust

Fredrik Carlsson; Gunnar Jacobsson; Sverker C Jagers; Elina Lampi; Felicia Robertson; Björn Rönnerstrand

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100499

Who is willing to stay sick for the collective? - Individual characteristics, experience, and trust

SSM Popul Health. 2019 Oct 22:9:100499. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100499. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Fredrik Carlsson^{1

2

3}, Gunnar Jacobsson^{2

4}, Sverker C Jagers^{2

3

5}, Elina Lampi^{1

2

3}, Felicia Robertson^{2

3

5}, Björn Rönnerstrand^{2

3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
² Centre for Antibiotic Resistance Research (CARe), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³ Centre for Collective Action Research (CeCAR), University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁶ The SOM Institute, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Abstract

•We study attitudes towards antibiotics and antibiotic resistance.•We analyze results from a novel web-survey of Swedish citizens (n = 1906).•Acceptability of doctor's decision not to prescribe antibiotics was found to be large.•Trust in the healthcare sector is linked to acceptability of doctor's decision.•Concern about antibiotic resistance is linked to willingness to limit antibiotic use.