Table 3.

The final rankings of the proposed interventions

Of highest priority for the community jury in Western Sydney	Of highest priority for the community jury in Dubbo
Educate prescribers and the public on appropriate antibiotic use	Create an integrated national register to monitor prescriber and consumer antibiotic use (proposed by Dubbo jury only)
	Require GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists to write a justification on the patient's record each time they prescribe antibiotics
Secondary priorities
Require GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists to write a justification on the patient's record each time they prescribe antibiotics	Educate prescribers and the public on appropriate antibiotic use
Prohibit or severely restrict community‐based practitioners such as GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists from prescribing antibiotics of last resort	Prohibit or severely restrict community‐based practitioners such as GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists from prescribing antibiotics of last resort
Create a national register to monitor “prescriber” antibiotic use (proposed by Sydney jury only)
Tertiary priorities
Ban the use of growth promoting antibiotics in food‐producing animals	Minimization of hospital‐based care (proposed by Dubbo jury only)
Monitoring of imported foods for the presence of resistant organisms and antibiotic residues	Ban the use of growth promoting antibiotics in food‐producing animals
Low priorities
Ask GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists to hang a signed poster in their consulting room pledging to only prescribe antibiotics when they are needed	Ask GPs, veterinarians and/or dentists to hang a signed poster in their consulting room pledging to only prescribe antibiotics when they are needed
National register to monitor “consumer” antibiotic use (proposed by Sydney jury only)	Monitoring of imported foods for the presence of resistant organisms and antibiotic residues
Prohibit antibiotics from being dispensed on the day of prescription (ie, require them to be dispensed 3 or more days later)	Prohibit antibiotics from being dispensed on the day of prescription (ie, require them to be dispensed 3 or more days later)
Should not be considered
Make antibiotics significantly more expensive	Make antibiotics significantly more expensive