Identification of Patient Characteristics Influencing Setting of Care Decisions for Patients With Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment

Key factors influencing ABSSSI treatment setting were severity of infection, severity of comorbidities, and age. Clinicians surveyed identified patient profiles in which single-dose oritavancin might enable wholly outpatient or shortened inpatient management. Additional studies to elucidate the ABSSSI care pathways that include oritavancin and other novel antibiotics are needed.