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Table 3 Top five reported barriers to patient care as reported by African respondents to a global medical oncology workload study compared to respondents from other countries (n = 1115)

From: Cancer care workforce in Africa: perspectives from a global survey

Africa (n = 36)

s (%)

Other countries (n = 1079)

N (%)

Patients unable to pay

18 (50)

High clinical volumes

639 (59)

High clinical volumes

16 (44)

Insufficient time for reading

421 (39)

Access to new treatments

14 (39)

Access to new treatments

357 (33)

Unavailability/limited access to radiotherapy

12 (33)

Shortage of oncologists

315 (29)

Unavailability/limited access to chemotherapy

10 (28)

Shortage of nurses

257 (24)