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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Heart Fail. 2022 Jul 7;15(8):e009583. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.009583

Table 2:

Identified Psychosocial “Dealbreakers” with Representative Quotes

Identified “Dealbreaker” (number of mentions) Representative Examples
Inadequate post-discharge caregiving plan (n=30) “Inability to develop support system”
“lack of caregiving plan”
“no viable caregiver plan”
“no caregiver”
Substance misuse (n=11) “addiction to pain medications, active meth/cocaine use”
“IV substance user-active”
“chronic substance use”
Lacking insurance (n=9) “no insurance and no ability become insured within a reasonable amount of time”
“undocumented with no pathway to insurance (as determined by pro-bono lawyers)”
“lack of health insurance (unless Medicaid pending as we go to financial oversight)”
Mental illness (n=5) “severe and untreated mental health”
“unchecked mental health concerns”
Housing instability (n=4) “Lack of stable/safe housing”
“Homelessness”