Authors

Lesley Hawes

BSc (Hons), GCUT, MPH, MASM, PhD Fellow, Department of General Practice, Monash University; and National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Melbourne, Vic. Lesley.Hawes@monash.edu

Use of electronic medical records to describe general practitioner antibiotic prescribing patterns

There are no obvious reasons why antibiotic use should be higher in the Australian community setting; therefore, it is likely that some antibiotic use may be unnecessary.