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Frequently asked questions on cross-border healthcare

Answers to frequently asked questions about

Special treatment situations abroad

This section provides information about special treatment situations abroad, including pregnancy and childbirth, treatment of chronic diseases, rehabilitation, assistive devices, and reference networks for rare diseases.

Contact Point customer panel

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare has a customer panel with the task of helping to make the EU-healthcare.fi online service and operations of the Contact Point better. The customer panel includes volunteers who are interested in using health services abroad. Signing up for the customer panel does not require any commitment and contact information […]

I want to go abroad for treatment

Seeking treatment means that you travel to the country in question for the express purpose of receiving treatment. If you receive treatment abroad on account of a sudden illness or accident, this is not counted as seeking treatment. You can use the local public health care services of another EU or EEA country in the […]

Belgium

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Belgium. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]

Cookie policies and visitor statistics

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare is committed to protecting the priacy of users of its website. In this cookie policy, we describe how the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare and its partners use cookies and other similar tracking and targeting technologies (hereinafter collectively referred to as cookies) on the EU-healthcare.fi website. Cookies are used […]

Denmark

Accessing care If you are temporarily staying in Denmark, you are entitled to medically necessary treatment. Residents of the Nordic countries may also be entitled to medically necessary treatment in Greenland and the Faroe Islands. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return to Finland. You may need it, for example, […]

Greece

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Greece. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]

Poland

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Poland. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]

Luxembourg

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Luxembourg. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may need such treatment in case of acute illness or accident. You can also receive treatment related to […]