(Image credit: Jessica Peterson via Getty Images)On paper, Japan's antibiotic incentive gets at both halves of this pediatrician-parent dynamic. Professional groups and regulatory bodies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issue protocols to help guide doctors' antibiotic prescriptions. In the U.S., pediatrics clinics aren't the main source of overprescription — but urgent care centers may be a significant one. These trends point to an opportunity to tailor interventions to NPs, PAs and urgent care providers. These might be easiest to implement in urgent care facilities affiliated with larger hospital systems, representing about 35% of U.S. urgent cares .