Public healthcare

Contact information Contact information Public healthcare Wellbeing services counties Accidents and emergency Maternity hospitals Rare diseases centers Private healthcare Healthcare authorities and other actors Contact Point in Finland Contact…

Kanta.fi: If you consent, Spanish healthcare providers will be able to utilize your patient data recorded in Finland

23.9.2024

…high-quality care that health care professionals have access to up-to-date health data on their patients, even if they are from abroad.  Patient data can be transferred from Finland to Estonia…

Read our sign language site

9.2.2017

…select a health centre or hospital in Finland, how moving abroad will affect your rights to receive health care, or how you can seek treatment abroad. You can view the…

Quality and patient safety 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…

Read example stories

…prior authorisation Leena’s twin pregnancy care in Germany Seeking treatment with prior authorisation Are you going to study abroad? Milla’s bicycle accident in Germany As a student in an EU…

Contact information of social security institutions

Commission) Info Norden (Nordic cooperation) National contact points in EU (European Commission) Cross-border care (European Commission) International networks for social security International cooperation at Kela International Social Security Association (ISSA)…

Rare diseases centers

Contact information Public healthcare Contact information Public healthcare Wellbeing services counties Accidents and emergency Maternity hospitals Rare diseases centers Private healthcare Healthcare authorities and other actors Contact Point in…

Know your rights

…protection and appeals You are entitled to appeal if you are unhappy with the received treatment, the invoicing of the costs incurred by the treatment or a decision by Kela….

Healthcare in Finland

to Finland, your entitlement to treatment is determined according to the purpose and duration of your residence. When deciding the length of your residence, Kela evaluates your situation as a…

If you are dissatisfied with Kelaโ€™s decision

on the Kela website. You can also appeal to the Administrative Aourt against Kela’s decisions on the reimbursement of costs of treatment in accordance with prior authorisation, as well as…