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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 […]

What do I pay for treatment in public healthcare?

You can receive information about the prices of public healthcare from the health centres and wellbeing services counties. If you have a municipality of residence in Finland, you will only have to pay a client fee for using the services. Your wellbeing services county will cover the actual costs of treatment.

Medical care of specific groups of people in Finland

Conscripts arriving from abroad The Finnish Defence Forces is responsible for the health care of conscripts regardless of the country from where they have arrived to Finland. Medical care is provided when The services are free. The Finnish Defence Forces may acquire the services from public and private service providers. If you arrive to Finland […]

I want to seek treatment in Finland

What sort of treatment can I seek? If you are covered by health insurance in another EU country, you can freely seek treatment in Finland’s public or private health care. Seeking treatment means that you arrive in Finland for the purpose of using health care services. You can seek services of both primary health care […]

Reference networks for rare diseases

In Finland, a rare disease refers to a disease that up to five persons out of 10,000 residents have. European reference networks include reference centres for rare diseases, which operate all around Europe. The centralisation of experts and information may prove very useful when a patient and their doctor need assistance to make a diagnosis […]

United Kingdom

Accessing care If you are temporarily residing in the United Kingdom, you can prove your right to treatment with a European Health Insurance Card issued by Finland. A passport is currently not accepted as a certificate of right to treatment. Medically necessary treatment refers to treatment that cannot wait for your return home. You may […]

Legislation

The Constitution of Finland guarantees the right to livelihood and care. Care refers to urgent medical care, among other things. The Constitution also contains provisions concerning non-urgent treatment. In order to implement this, the government officials, municipalities and state have been obligated to ensure that everyone has access to social and healthcare services; they also […]

Leaving Finland for treatment abroad

Health services for persons arriving in Finland from Ukraine: health services transferred from reception centres to wellbeing services counties according to municipality of residence

Read the article in Ukrainian — Read the article in Russian In Finland, the right to use health care services is usually based on your municipality of residence. If you have lived in Finland for over a year and have applied for a municipality of residence from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency, being […]