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

I want to go abroad for treatment

treatment. For more information, read Using health services abroad. Seeking treatment outside EU and EEA countries and Switzerland You can travel abroad for treatment in countries other than the EU…

Portugal

…health care provider abroad in advance and agree on arranging the treatment. Treatments that need to be arranged in advance include, for example, dialysis, oxygen therapy, specialised asthma treatment and…

Reimbursement for treatment abroad

…before seeking treatment. For the application, you will need from the doctor providing the treatment abroad an account of the treatment to be provided, an estimate of the costs of…

Ireland

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Ireland. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment

United Kingdom

…have prior authorisation from Kela. There is more information on seeking treatment with prior authorisation on our page Seeking treatment abroad with a prior authorisation. You can search for private…

Sweden

…regular treatment while you are temporarily staying abroad, contact the health care provider abroad in advance and agree on arranging the treatment. Treatments that need to be arranged in advance…

France

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in France. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment

Slovakia

Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Slovakia. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment

Impact of COVID-19 still reflected in statistics on seeking treatment

28.6.2022

…paid in reimbursements for treatment provided abroad. The statistics have been compiled in the Contact Point’s SlideShare account, which also contains separate statistics on seeking dental care . Seeking treatment