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The EU Digital COVID Certificate was first introduced in June 2021. It was originally in force until 30 June 2022. Although the regulation is now extended by one year, the need for the certificate will be reassessed in six months’ time. The EU wants to repeal the certificate as soon as the health situation allows […]

Читать статью на украинском языке. В Финляндии право на пользование медицинскими услугами обычно зависит от вашего муниципалитета проживания. Если у вас есть муниципалитет проживания в Финляндии, вы можете пользоваться услугами государственной системы здравоохранения Финляндии по клиентской плате, установленной для жителя муниципалитета. Если вы прибыли в Финляндию из Украины, ваше право на медицинские услуги также может […]

Прочитайте новину російською. У Фінляндії право на користування медичними послугами, як правило, залежить від муніципалітету вашого проживання. Якщо у вас є муніципалітет проживання  у Фінляндії, ви можете скористатися послугами фінської системи охорони здоров’я за клієнтську плату, встановлену для мешканця муніципалітету. Якщо ви прибули до Фінляндії з України, ваше право на медичні послуги також може ґрунтуватися, […]

Read the news item in Ukrainian. Read the news item in Russian. In Finland, the right to use health services is usually based on your municipality of residence. If you have a municipality of residence in Finland, you can use the services of the Finnish public healthcare system at the client fee set for a […]

Health services and their availability vary depending on the destination and searching for information from local sources can be challenging. The purpose of the country-specific pages is to provide travellers with reliable information about the destination’s local health care services, access to treatment, fees and reimbursements as well as the health care authorities. Although the […]

The statutory task of the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare is to share information on healthcare in international situations. For example, we provide advice on health matters relating to patients’ rights, seeking treatment and moving abroad. We use paid advertising to help us accomplish this mission. Increasing traffic to the website through advertising With the […]

The statistics on cross-border health care can be found in the SlideShare account of the Contact Point. There are also separate statistics on seeking dental care. The statistics contain information, for example, on which countries people from Finland sought treatment in and how Kela reimbursed for treatment provided abroad. Seeking treatment means that a person […]

The national COVID-19 vaccination certificate will automatically be replaced by the EU Digital COVID Certificate in the My Kanta Pages. A national COVID-19 vaccination certificate stored on a mobile phone or printed out from the My Kanta Pages, for example, should also be replaced by the EU Digital COVID Certificate, which is more widely recognised […]

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare distributes information on the use of health care services in Finland and abroad. In 2015, we launched the EU-healthcare.fi online service, which is our central channel for communicating on these issues. Initially, the service was called Choosehealthcare.fi but, at the end of 2019, we chose a new name in […]

According to the recommendation, you would be entitled to receive the vaccination from your temporary municipality of residence free of charge even if you do not have a permanent municipality of residence or other right to receive preventive public healthcare services in Finland. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health’s recommendation applies to all persons […]