Characteristic n %
Cost/Hospital Reimbursement 13 21
Current process is sufficient 12 19
No barrier 10 16
Physician resistance 5 8
Getting the process started (no time) 4 6
Patient resistance 4 6
Staff shortage/Time barriers for staff 2 3
Patient history difficult to obtain 2 3
Hospital doesn't want to force patient to get vaccinated 2 3
Access to vaccine 1 2
Difficult to incorporate process into EMR 1 2
Hospital is in process of making it policy 1 2
It is physician's responsibility to vaccinate patients 1 2
Lack of incentives for physicians 1 2
Legal reasons 1 2
Storing vaccines on unit 1 2
Unsure 1 2
No response 1 2
Table 2: Top reasons cited as barriers to implementing Tdap vaccination policy (n = 63).