Re: Disparities Between Parental Expectations and Pediatric Antibiotic Prescribing

LaPlante et al agree with the results presented by Goya et al regarding the association between race and ethnicity and pediatric prescribing of antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections in emergency departments. Based on their own study, which was designed to cover sample of minority popula...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2018-04, Vol.141 (4), p.1
Main Authors: LaPlante, Kerry, Hutchison, Marc L, St Amand, Amy B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Demographics
Demography
Health disparities
Minority & ethnic groups
Parents & parenting
Pediatrics
Prescriptions
Respiratory tract
Respiratory tract diseases
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Summary:LaPlante et al agree with the results presented by Goya et al regarding the association between race and ethnicity and pediatric prescribing of antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections in emergency departments. Based on their own study, which was designed to cover sample of minority populations with data that are weighted to reflect US population demographics, they found that 14.4% of parents with a child under the age of 18 reported that they had attempted to persuade their child's health care provider to prescribe antibiotics even after the health care provider suggested that their child did not require antibiotics. With their results, and in conjunction with the results of Goyal et al, they indicate that there is a disparity between parental expectations and health care provider prescribing habits based on race and ethnicity.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2018-0065