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The IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix collected data through Surveys with refugees in the Ukraine Response region from August to October 2024, conducting interviews with a total of 561 individuals in Lithuania. This report explores different aspects of health care integration, focusing on the profiles of adult respondents, specifically those who intend to stay or have already established themselves in the country. The report focuses on their access to health care services and elaborates on their experiences and needs regarding health care during their displacement.
Key findings:
- 74% of respondents have or live with people with chronic diseases or serious medical conditions, while 31% reported living with a person with mobility issues and 27% have or are with someone with visual impairments.
- Health related needs reported by the respondents include health care services (20%), medication (18%), and mental and psychosocial support (7%).
- 60% of respondents were registered with a General Practitioner (GP), 39% were not, and 1% were unsure.
- Reasons for not being registered included having no insurance (47%), not needing it (35%), being refused by a doctor (4%), and being unsure of costs (3%).
- 78% of children were registered with a doctor.
- The most reported barriers to accessing health care were long queues (32%), language barrier (13%), lack of documents (12%) and high costs (9%).
- Only 12% of respondents used mental health support services.