A model explaining refugee experiences of the Australian healthcare system: a systematic review of refugee perceptions

Au, Michael; Anandakumar, Athire Debbie; Preston, Robyn; Ray, Robin A.; Davis, Meg

doi:10.1186/s12914-019-0206-6

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Table 2 Appraisal of Qualitative Articles using the Modified Critical Appraisal Tool (MCAT). Theoretical appraisal was omitted from assessment as only 8 articles clearly stated their methodology and paradigm [20, 35, 38, 39, 42, 45, 50, 59].

From: A model explaining refugee experiences of the Australian healthcare system: a systematic review of refugee perceptions

Study	Design	Fundamentals	Credibility	Dependability	Reporting	Utility	Overall Quality
Robards et al. 2019 [60]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Low utility	High quality
Bellamy et al. 2017[28]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Moderate utility	High quality
Owens et al. 2016[45]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Moderate utility	High quality
McCann et al. 2016[38]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Satisfied	Mild utility	High quality
Russo et al. 2015[50]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Satisfied	Mild utility	High quality
Murray et al. 2010[39]	Qualitative	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Satisfied	Satisfied	Moderate utility	High quality
Liamputtong et al. 2006[35]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Low utility	High quality
Samuel et al. 2017[20]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Moderate utility	Acceptable quality
McBride et al. 2017[37]	Mixed Methods	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Mild utility	Acceptable quality
Yelland et al. 2016[58]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Low utility	Acceptable quality
Cheng et al. 2015[18]	Qualitative	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Acceptable quality
Nicol et al. 2014[41]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservation	Satisfied with reservations	Moderate utility	Acceptable quality
Riggs et al. 2012[47]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Moderate utility	Acceptable quality
Carolan et al. 2010[29]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Severe Limitations	Satisfied	Moderate utility	Acceptable quality
O’Callaghan et al. 2007[43]	Qualitative	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Acceptable quality
Omeri, A et al. 2006[44]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied	Limitations	Mild utility	Acceptable quality
Sievert et al. 2018[52]	Mixed Methods	Satisfied	Limitations	Limitations	Limitations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Valibhoy, Szwarc, et al. 2017[19]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Severe Limitations	Severe Limitations	Limitations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Valibhoy, Kaplan, et al. 2017[55]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Severe Limitations	Severe Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Riggs et al. 2017[49]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Limitations	Mild utility	Low quality
Riggs et al. 2016[48]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Riggs, Yelland, Szwarc et al. 2016[59]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Low quality
McBride et al. 2016[36]	Mixed methods	Satisfied	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Kay et al. 2016[34]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Severe Limitations	Limitations	Mild utility	Low quality
Yelland et al. 2014[57]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Low quality
Clark et al. 2014[31]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Severe Limitations	Limitations	High utility	Low quality
Stapleton et al. 2013[53]	Mixed methods	Satisfied	Limitations	Satisfied	Limitations	Mild utility	Low quality
Phillips et al. 2013[46]	Qualitative	Limitations	Severe Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Severe Limitations	Mild utility	Low quality
Niner et al. 2013[42]	Qualitative	Limitations	Severe Limitations	Severe Limitations	Limitations	Moderate utility	Low quality
Correa-Velez et al. 2012[32]	Mixed methods	Satisfied	Limitations	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Low quality
Sheikh et al. 2011[51]	Mixed methods	Limitations	Severe Limitations	Severe Limitations	Limitations	Mild utility	Low quality
Henderson et al. 2011[33]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Satisfied with reservations	Mild utility	Low quality
Sypek et al. 2008[54]	Qualitative	Satisfied	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Severe Limitations	High utility	Low quality
Neale et al. 2007[40]	Mixed Methods	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Satisfied with reservations	Limitations	Low utility	Low quality

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