What’s new
If you are staying abroad, have you noticed the changes in legislation?
10.4.2019
Are you planning to go backpacking or travelling around the world for more than six months? Are you spending your retirement days in Spain in the winter season? Please note that the legislation on your right to receive residence-based social security benefits from Finland changed in early April. What does this social security reform mean […]
Electronic prescriptions now also valid in Estonia
28.1.2019
Since the beginning of 2019, Finnish electronic prescriptions have been valid in Estonia. In practice, you can buy medicines in Estonia with an electronic prescription that your doctor wrote in Finland. This means that you do not need a printed “medical prescription for purchasing medication abroad” prescription in Estonia that you need in other EU and […]
Statistical information on cross-border health care for 2017
8.6.2018
The statistical information on cross-border health care collected by the Contact Point for Cross-border Health Care and Kela for 2017 demonstrate that there were both rises and falls in the costs and reimbursements of international health care. The latest statistical information is now available at contact point’s Slideshare channel. The costs and reimbursements of necessary […]
Contact points for cross-border health care serve in every EU country
11.4.2018
Each EU country has at least one contact point for cross-border health care, which provides information about the health services of the country or region and using the services. The contact points offer information on their website, and most also help customers through e-mail and telephone. Interested in health services in Sweden? Ask the Swedish […]
Country-specific information is helpful, when you are using health care services abroad
7.2.2018
The popular country-specific information on the choosehealthcare.fi website has been renewed. Information available on our website regarding the use of health care services in EU and EEA countries and Switzerland has now been grouped even more clearly than before. Country-specific information is particularly helpful, when you suddenly fall ill abroad and are in need of treatment […]
EU citizens still lacking awareness of cross-border healthcare
29.1.2018
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 do not know their rights. Of the 1,656 EU citizen surveyed by ANEC, 37% had received unplanned medical treatment in another EU country, but only 4% had travelled abroad specifically […]
Seasonal and ICT employees and the use of health services in Finland
22.1.2018
Berry picker from Thailand, IT expert from India, hotel receptionist from Russia. Each year, thousands of seasonal workers from outside the European Union from so-called third countries and a few hundred intra-corporate transfer (ICT) employees, such as managers of multinational corporations, stay and work in Finland. As users of public health services, seasonal and ICT […]
Learn about the pricing of health services at Choosehealthcare.fi
27.11.2017
What does it cost to visit a general practitioner in Helsinki, or what about the clinic in the town where you summer cottage is located? How much do the treatment costs differ if you would like to be treated by a private dentist. The pricing of private health care services can be easily compared at […]
Taking medication with you on long trips – what to remember?
30.10.2017
Returning to the South for the winter? Need your medicine with you? Is a Finnish prescription valid at your local pharmacy in Malaga? Before departure, you should find out about prescriptions, rules relating to reimbursable medication and applying for reimbursement. As a general rule, a prescription issued by a doctor in Finland is valid in […]
Suomi.fi also provides information on social and health services
23.10.2017
For the renewed Suomi.fi online service, information is being collected on public services and service channels throughout Finland. Public services may be produced by government offices, institutes, municipalities or state-owned companies. Suomi.fi serves citizens, companies and authorities alike. Part of Suomi.fi, the Finnish Service Catalogue also has information on social and health services. Each organisation […]