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Table 2 Physician’s perceived barriers to offering immediate postpartum LARC amongst providers who DO NOT offer it

From: Ongoing barriers to immediate postpartum long-acting reversible contraception: a physician survey

Perceived Barriers to Immediate Postpartum LARC

Response Rate

N = 76

Implant Device availability

55 (72.4%)

IUD Device Availability

52 (68.4%)

Cost or Reimbursement of IUDs

41 (53.9%)

Cost or Reimbursement of implants

44 (57.9%)

Lack of training to place IP-IUDs

36 (47.4%)

High expulsion rate of IUDs

29 (38.2%)

Lack of patient interest

11 (14.5%)

Other*

14 (18.4%)

  1. Participants could select multiple barriers. *Other common barriers reported include a high follow-up of postpartum patients negating the necessity of immediate postpartum placement (N = 3) and working in a Catholic hospital (N = 3). LARC Long acting reversible contraception, IUD intrauterine device, IP immediate postpartum