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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 28.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2019 May 16;66(8):e27793. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27793

TABLE 3.

Top three perceived barriers to providing survivorship care to adults of childhood cancers (n = 97)

Barriers Count (%)
Lack of available adult providers to partner with 53 (55)
Available adult providers lack knowledge in childhood cancer survivorship 56 (58)
Survivors desire to continue pediatric-centered care 37 (38)
Parent/caregiver desires to continue pediatric-centered care 33 (34)
Limitations due to surviwr insurance coverage 30 (31)
Survivors no longer come to appointments 29 (30)
Survivors not ready for adult-centered care from a psychosocial standpoint 18 (19)
Lack of the necessary adult subspecialty providers 17 (18)
Pediatric survivorship provider not willing to'let go"of survivor 11 (11)
Adult models of care cannot accommodate influx of new patients 11 (11)
Survivors not ready for adult-centered care from a medical standpoint     5 (5)
Other 12 (12)