Foreign patientsโ€™ treatment in Finland

coming to Finland, for example, tourists, employees, family members and pensioners. Information is available in Finnish and Swedish only. On Kela’s website, you can also find information on EU legislation…

Service choices in healthcare in Finland

…prior authorisation Moving to Finland Moving to Finland for study or research Moving to Finland as an employee or self-employed person Moving to Finland in retirement Medical care of refugees…

What do the statistics of 2018 tell about cross-border health care?

3.7.2019

for reimbursement for treatment abroad up to six months after the treatment. In addition, there may be a queue in the processing of the applications. Also, the reimbursement requests for

Supervision of healthcare in Finland

…Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (Valvira) and Regional State Administrative Agencies. The pharmaceutical sector’s supervisory authority is Fimea. In addition, healthcare organisations have the obligation to supervise their operations…

Restricting the reception of patients

…field. An administrative decision must be issued on limiting admission for customers coming from abroad. The decision can be valid for one year at a time. The decision must be…

Fifth year of Choosehealthcare.fi to begin: content modifications and a new name

3.10.2019

…it information requested by our clients: contact information, links to frequently asked questions, themed pages and our blog as well as a ‘social media wall’ displaying the Contact Point’s most…

Accessibility statement

on the accessibility, please use the online form or send e-mail at yhteyspiste@kela.fi Feedback on the accessibility will be received and addressed by the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare. Accessibility…

Treatment injuries and patient insurance

to vaccinations, giving blood and donating organs, for example. Injuries due to errors in prescribing medicine may also be covered as treatment injuries. The prerequisite for compensation for treatment injury…

Statistical information on cross-border health care for 2017

8.6.2018

…and reimbursements of physiotherapy, doctor’s and dentist’s fees and travel in EU and EEA countries and Switzerland decreased from the previous year. For example, the amount of doctor’s fees paid…

Right to medical care to remain largely unchanged also with the new Brexit agreement

8.2.2021

What’s new 8.2.2021 On 24 December 2020, the United Kingdom and the EU concluded a new trade and cooperation agreement containing provisions on the determination of social security for