Table 3 Overview key characteristics of organizations represented by interview respondents

Organizational form

Local chapters of national or international networks of non-governmental organizations.

10

Locally established associations.

3

Organizational experience

Operational prior to 2015.

9

Operational since 2015 or shortly after.

4

Organizational mission

Support access to healthcare within existing health system (including referral within local provider network, translator support, financial coverage on case-by-case basis).

7

Provision of different types of medical care to underserved or uninsured populations.

4

Provision of psychosocial support, counselling, social integration.

2

Staffing model

Volunteers (professionals, students, non-professionals).

8

Professionals reimbursed for time worked (e.g., consultants, physicians, counselors).

2

Employed staff.

1

Mix of employed and volunteer staff.

2

Size of active staff at local level

10 or less

1

11–20

4

21–30

3

31–40

2

100 or more

3

Main funding source

Partially of fully publicly funded.

4

Fully privately funded (donations, charitable contributions, or similar).

9

Federal state (Bundesland) of operation and/or headquarter location

Baden-Württemberg

3

Bavaria

3

Berlin

1

Lower Saxony

1

North Rhine-Westphalia

2

Rhineland-Palatinate

3