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Goyal et al1 studied the association between race and ethnicity and pediatric prescribing of antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections in emergency departments. Investigators found that non-Hispanic (NH) white children were 1.5 to 2 times more likely than their minority counterparts to be prescribed unnecessary antibiotics for viral respiratory infections. The authors propose that disparities in antibiotic prescribing may be related to racial and ethnic differences in parental expectations. We concur that it is important to assess patient and parental expectations when prescribing antibiotics. We recently conducted a cross-sectional survey administered in the spring of 2017 with over 3000 respondents … E-mail: kerrylaplante{at}uri.edu