TABLE 3.

HIV physician perceptions of limitations to liver transplantation in those living with HIV, measured using the Likert scale^*

Limitation	Mean	Median
		1	2	3	4	5
Organ supply	4.5				×
Transplant surgical team willingness	3.7				×
Risk of hepatitis C virus reinfection	3.7				×
Illicit substance use and abuse	3.1			×
Drug interactions	3.0			×
Graft survival	2.6			×
Lack of expertise for post-transplant follow-up	2.6			×
Patient survival	2.5			×
Metabolic complications of HIV and transplant medications	2.2			×
Patient willingness	2.1		×
Post-transplant malignancy risk	1.9		×

^*Likert scale 0 denoting no barrier to liver transplantation, to 5 representing a major barrier to liver transplantation