Mangione-Smith et al noted that fifty percent of parents expressed a pre-visit expectation for antibiotics [ 7].
Additionally, frequent visits by journalists and other visitors have contributed to the high expectations in the community.
Applied to urban, reproductive health clinic users in Hanoi, Vietnam, test results suggest that hypothesized antecedents such as pre-visit expectations, perceived clinic performance and how much performance exceeds expectations impact client satisfaction.
Somebody clever once said that the past is another country, but that's not an entirely sound metaphor: Countries are visited, expectations are dispelled, and then it's time to come home.
When Mr ElBaradei arrived in Cairo last month for a ten-day visit, such expectations soared.
For Cubans it was a visit of expectations and yours now is also.
Teachers might take them more seriously if they visited without expectation of a photo op.
But after three visits, those expectations were only partly fulfilled.
And not all students are ready to leave the chamber.Some students say Mr Wang's high-profile visit also generated expectations among the public that the protests would soon end.
But all signs pointed to the visit not meeting expectations, at least in the short term.
Rather than focusing on antibiotics, clinicians should focus on symptomatic treatment and educating patients at the time of the visit about realistic expectations for the duration of cough, which lasts, on average, three weeks [ 18, 44].
