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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Cancer Surviv. 2011 Sep 6;5(4):345–357. doi: 10.1007/s11764-011-0192-8

Table 3. Barriers in Transitioning Survivors to Adult Care Providers for Cancer Related Care (238 responses).

Barrier Number of Responses
Perceived lack of knowledge about late effects on the part of clinician being referred to 68
Survivor lack of health care insurance or insurance limitations 48
Perceived survivor knowledge deficit about the importance of maintaining cancer related follow-up into adulthood 34
Perceived lack of survivor desire to leave the comfort of the treating institution or oncologist 31
Lack of survivor access to a primary care provider for reasons other than insurance, such as geography 13
We don't transition 11
Conflict between COG recommendations for risk-based care and adult provider recommendations 10
Perceived lack of oncology provider desire to “let go” of survivors 10
We don't have any barriers 8
Perceived lack of interest in caring for survivors from adult health care providers 4
Other 1