Overview of current healthcare delivery systems of respondents
| How many refugee children visited in the last 12 months for emergency care?* (available for 92/117) | |
| Nil | 9 (10%) |
| <25 | 21 (23%) |
| 25–100 | 23 (25%) |
| 100–500 | 10 (11%) |
| >500 | 7 (8%) |
| Unknown | 22 (24%) |
| How do refugee children present to your emergency care facilities?* (tick all that apply) (available for 92/117) | |
| Self-referred | 58 (63%) |
| GP referred | 32 (35%) |
| Private paediatrician | 6 (7%) |
| Ambulance | 34 (37%) |
| Specific services for refugees | 35 (38%) |
| Referred by public health authorities | 29 (32%) |
| Other | 9 (10%) |
| Unknown | 9 (10%) |
| Which services are responsible for conducting routine, standardised point of entry screening and medical assessments of refugee children (non-acute care)?† (tick all that apply) (available for 95/124) | |
| This does not happen in an organised manner in our area | 25 (27%) |
| Paediatric outpatient clinics (hospital) | 15 (16%) |
| Primary care paediatricians (community) | 21 (23%) |
| GPs | 13 (14%) |
| Public health services | 28 (29%) |
| Emergency care departments or other acute care facilities | 7 (8%) |
| Third party organisations (Red Cross, Medicines Sans Frontiers) | 12 (13%) |
| Other | 5 (5%) |
| Unknown | 18 (19%) |
| Does your hospital routinely provide follow-up appointments in your hospital for refugee children after a first visit to the emergency department?* (available for 97/117) | |
| Yes, always | 6 (6%) |
| Not routinely, based on clinical indication | 68 (70%) |
| Never | 11 (11%) |
| Unknown | 12 (12%) |
| Does your hospital provide teaching sessions for physicians on how to manage refugee children in emergency care?* (available for 97/117) | |
| Yes | 13 (13%) |
| No | 80 (83%) |
| Unknown | 4 (4%) |
| Does your hospital have regular discussions with Public Health or other organisations concerning healthcare of refugee children?* (available for 97/117) | |
| Yes | 17 (18%) |
| No | 56 (58%) |
| Unknown | 24 (25%) |
| Are there any organisations active in your region providing support and healthcare for refugee children?† (available for 103/124) | |
| Yes | 57 (55%) |
| No | 16 (16%) |
| Unknown | 30 (29%) |
| Availability of guidelines(available for 125/148) | |
| Immunisations and catch-up immunisation schedule | 37 (30%) |
| Infection screening | 40 (32%) |
| Safeguarding concerns and social care referral | 38 (31%) |
| Mental health issues and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder | 17 (14%) |
| Managing refugee children in emergency care | 22 (18%) |
*If >1 respondent from 1 setting, then used only 1 response per setting, from most senior respondent (n=117 unique hospital settings).
†One response per setting including responses from non hospital-based respondents (n=124).
GP, general practitioner.