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This study identified and categorized reasons for non\u2013FLT for ARIs in pediatric urgent care (PUC) and evaluated whether these reasons differ across sociodemographic groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective chart review of PUC encounters for patients ages 6\u00a0months to 19\u00a0years diagnosed with acute otitis media, pharyngitis, community-acquired pneumonia, or acute bacterial rhinosinusitis between April 2023 and March 2024 who received an oral antibiotic. We categorized reasons for non\u2013FLT using predefined groups: penicillin allergy label (PAL), treatment failure, new adverse effect of FLT, recent antibiotic exposure, other clinical rationale such as additional diagnoses or concern for atypical infections, family request, or no documented reason. Sociodemographic characteristics were compared across categories.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Among 18\u2009507 ARI encounters, 1506 (8.1%) received non\u2013FLT. PALs accounted for 58.8% (n\u2009=\u2009886) of non\u2013FLT prescribing. Recent antibiotic exposure was the second most common reason (n\u2009=\u2009265, 17.6%); however, only 9.8% of therapy escalations were guideline-concordant. Family requests accounted for 4.3% of non\u2013FLT use. Non\u2013FLT were more common in White children, those on Commercial insurance, and children who speak English as their primary language compared to their socioeconomic counterparts. No differences in reasons for non\u2013FLT were observed by race, insurance type, or preferred language. Hispanic patients had a higher proportion of PAL-related non\u2013FLT (71.4%) compared with non-Hispanic patients (58.3%).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PALs and escalation of therapy were the predominant drivers of non\u2013FLT prescribing in PUC. Family requests played a minimal role. Although we observed differences of non\u2013FLT by race, language, and insurance as described previously, we did not observe differences in reasons for non\u2013FLT between the different socioeconomic groups. 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