This retrospective study found that while overall rates of antibiotic prescriptions for viral URIs were low (that's good!), patients identified as non Hispanic white were prescribed antibiotics, despite guidelines advising against them,  at a higher rate than non white patients (that's bad).  It also found that in areas of socioeconomic deprivation, the prescribing rates were lower across all races than in more affluent areas (that's good and bad!)

References

Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities Evident in Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing in the Emergency Department

Eili Klein, PhD

Mustapha Saheed, MD

Nathan Irvin, MD

Gabor Kelen, MD

Sara E. Cosgrove, MD

Jeremiah Hinson, MD, PhD

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Open AccessPublished:January 23, 2024DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2023.12.003