| Reasons for Not Using Deferoxamine | Very Important | Somewhat Important | Not Important |
| (a.) Patient declines | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (b.) Cost | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (c.) Lack of patient compliance to physician recommendations | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (d.) poor understanding by patient/family | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (e.) Lack of healthcare providers to supervise therapy | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| (f.) Patient's fear of side effects | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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