Interest in the European Health Insurance Card at a travel fair

23.1.2017

…ill when travelling abroad and if you want to travel outside Finland for treatment. If necessary, you can ask more about cross-border healthcare using the feedback form  on our website….

Welcome to the Choosehealthcare.fi stand at the TERVE-SOS 2017 event

19.4.2017

…dedicated section for healthcare professionals that provides advice on the procedures involved in treating foreign patients, invoicing the costs of treatment, and referring patients to treatment abroad. For health care…

Patient’s means of legal protection and appeals

…time Right to emergency treatment Treatment plan Treatment practices Follow-up treatment Patient rights Language rights Status of an underage patient If the patient cannot decide on their treatment Patient’s means…

Shorter queues for non-urgent specialised medical care in spring 2017

14.8.2017

…waiting for treatment for more than six months has decreased by 1,200 during the spring. Compared with the same period in 2016, the number of those who have been waiting…

Health services for persons arriving in Finland from Ukraine: health services transferred from reception centres to wellbeing services counties according to municipality of residence

2.5.2023

…Finnish public healthcare system. You are responsible for the costs of your treatment. Be aware that the costs of treatment may be high. Additional information is available on the webpage…

European cooperation regarding rare diseases

7.1.2020

…reference network may recommend a treatment method or assist in confirming the diagnosis, but its advice is not binding to the attending doctor. The attending doctor always makes treatment-related decisions…

Survey finds Contact Point reliable and professional

26.9.2023

…in Finland and abroad. Our primary service channels are EU-healthcare.fi and our email customer service (yhteyspiste@kela.fi). We wanted to find out how our customers and partners see the Contact Point,…

Bringing medicines to Finland

Medicines Medicines Purchasing medication abroad Reimbursement for medicines purchased abroad Using a foreign medical prescription in Finland Taking medicines abroad Bringing medicines to Finland Buying medicines online Medicinal treatment

Have your say on the communications of the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare by answering a survey

15.6.2017

What’s new 15.6.2017 Listen Is the use of health care services abroad familiar to you? From where have you searched for information about the health services in Europe or…

Buying medicines online

Medicines Medicines Purchasing medication abroad Reimbursement for medicines purchased abroad Using a foreign medical prescription in Finland Taking medicines abroad Bringing medicines to Finland Buying medicines online Medicinal treatment