Research
Unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in a Canadian primary care setting: a descriptive analysis using routinely collected electronic medical record data
Kevin L. Schwartz, Bradley J. Langford, Nick Daneman, Branson Chen, Kevin A. Brown, Warren McIsaac, Karen Tu, Elisa Candido, Jennie Johnstone, Valerie Leung, Jeremiah Hwee, Michael Silverman, Julie H.C. Wu and Gary Garber
May 07, 2020 8 (2) E360-E369; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20190175
Kevin L. Schwartz
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScBradley J. Langford
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
PharmDNick Daneman
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScBranson Chen
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MScKevin A. Brown
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
PhDWarren McIsaac
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScKaren Tu
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MD MScElisa Candido
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MPHJennie Johnstone
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MD PhDValerie Leung
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
BScPhm MBAJeremiah Hwee
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
PhDMichael Silverman
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MDJulie H.C. Wu
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
MScGary Garber
Public Health Ontario (Schwartz, Langford, Brown, Johnstone, Leung, Wu, Garber); ICES Central (Schwartz, Daneman, Chen, Brown, Candido); Unity Health Network (Langford), St. Joseph Health Centre; Sunnybrook Research Institute (Daneman); Ray D. Wolfe Department of Family Medicine (McIsaac), Sinai Health System; Departments of Family & Community Medicine (McIsaac, Tu) and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Johnstone), University of Toronto; North York General Hospital (Tu); Toronto Western Hospital Family Health Team (Tu), University Health Network; Toronto East Health Network (Leung), Michael Garron Hospital; Dalla Lana School of Public Health (Hwee), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Institute for Better Health (Hwee), Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga, Ont.; London Health Sciences Centre (Silverman), London, Ont.; Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (Garber); Department of Medicine (Garber), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.
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