Lithuania — Access to Healthcare Services for Refugees from Ukraine (January - March 2024)

The IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix collected data through Surveys with refugees in the Ukraine Response region from January to March 2024, conducting interviews with a total of 485 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:

• 82% of respondents have or live with people with chronic diseases or serious medical conditions, while 40% reported living with a person with mobility issues and 17% have or are with someone with hearing difficulties.
• Health related needs reported by the respondents include health care services (34%), medication (19%), and mental and psychosocial support (7%).
• 70% of respondents were registered with a General Practitioner (GP), 29% were not, and 1% were unsure.
• Reasons for not being registered included having no insurance (58%), being refused by a doctor (11%), and language barrier (5%).
• 88% of children were registered with a doctor.
• The most reported barriers to accessing health care were long queues (39%), costs (14%), language barrier (10%), and lack of documents (8%).
• Only 24% of respondents used mental health support services.