Table 4.

Barriers to posthospital discharge rehabilitation programmes for survivors of critical illness

Barrier	Frequency reported overall, n (%)	Frequency reported as main barrier, n (%)
Lack of funding	149 (90.9)	99 (63.5)
Lack of sufficient staff	128 (78.0)	17 (10.9)
Resources prioritised to other patient groups/clinical areas	71 (43.3)	4 (2.7)
Not considered required service at managerial level	66 (40.2)	22 (14.1)
Lack of available space	50 (30.5)	2 (1.3)
Insufficient patient numbers to justify	35 (21.3)	11 (7.1)
Extracontractual (out-of-area) patient caseload	15 (9.1)	0 (0.0)
Lack of trained staff	13 (7.9)	0 (0.0)
No evidence	4 (2.4)	0 (0.0)
Not sure what to include in a programme	2 (1.2)	0 (0.0)
Other (time constraints)	1 (0.6)	1 (0.6)

For frequency of reported barriers overall, n=164 responses. For frequency of reporting as main barrier, n=156 responses. (n=182 responses, excluding one blank response, 10 non-applicable responses relating to rehabilitation programmes in regular operation, seven non-responses to both parts of this question, and a further 8 non-responses to specifying the main barrier).