The Contact Pointโ€™s Christmas calendar takes us to countries near and far

4.12.2017

…find information about using healthcare services in the destination country, about issues relating especially to the provision of and access to treatment, about payments, and about the health insurance institutions…

Kanta.fi: If you consent, your patient data can be accessed in Estonia

6.6.2024

…beneficial to patients who need urgent care while travelling abroad and to people who are relocating from one country to another. Rapid and centralised access to key patient data The…

Take our website user survey!

9.6.2022

…Your responses are anonymous. The survey is open from 9 June to 26 June 2022. We will draw a €50 gift voucher to a grocery shop among those who answer…

Welcome to EU-healthcare.fi

On this site we have collected answers to tricky and aching questions you may stumble upon when you are travelling abroad from Finland or from abroad to Finland. We…

EU citizens still lacking awareness of cross-border healthcare

29.1.2018

What’s new 29.1.2018 Listen According to the recent study by ANEC, the European consumer voice in standardisation, patients are not keen to seek treatment in another EU country and…

If the patient cannot decide on their treatment

…age can be committed to involuntary psychiatric care if they are determined to be mentally ill and if failure to commit them into an institution would substantially worsen their mental…

Kanta.fi: Estonian citizens can now purchase medicines in Finland with an e-prescription issued in their own country

1.6.2020

…and show an identification document with a photo. “Even at the present time there are Estonian citizens in Finland, for example, due to their work, who may need to use…

Using health services in Finland

…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 and asylum-seekers in Finland…

Country-specific pages offer information about the health services of your destination

12.11.2021

…is particularly useful if you suddenly fall ill during a trip. Listen Health services and their availability vary depending on the destination and searching for information from local sources can…

Language of treatment and interpretation abroad

…treatment abroad without a prior authorisation Seeking treatment abroad with a prior authorisation pursuant to the EU Regulation Moving abroad Moving abroad for study or research Moving abroad as an…