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Table 3 Experienced barriers to improve the collaboration

From: Needs and barriers to improve the collaboration in oral anticoagulant therapy: a qualitative study

Barriers

#

Knowledge

9

   Lack of awareness

7

   Lack of knowledge

2

Attitude

47

   Inertia of perious practice/lack of motivation

23

   Lack on outcome expectancy

 

Lack of recognition/AC status

11

Professional autonomy affected

6

   Lack of agreement to collaborate

 

Conflict of interests

5

Responsibilities unclear

1

Fear of losing work

1

Behaviour

85

   Lack of time/time pressure

 

Lack of time

14

Time pressure

9

   Lack of resources/materials

 

Lack of money

6

Lack of manpower

4

Lack of IT applications

3

Forms hard to fill out

1

   Organisational constraints

 

Organisational policy

10

Lack of authority of ACs over non-AC professionals

5

Professionals are not united

7

Turnover of staff in collaborating organizations

12

Many involved professionals

6

Size of organizations

3

   Contextual factors

 

Competition between health care organizations

3

Legislation

2

  1. #, number of times reported by AC professionals.