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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.
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 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 […]
Germany
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Germany. 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 […]
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 […]
Hungary
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Hungary. 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 […]
Norway
Accessing care You are entitled to medically necessary treatment, when you are temporarily staying in Norway. Medically necessary treatment usually 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 pregnancy and childbirth or to a […]
Switzerland
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Switzerland. 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 […]
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 […]
Using health services abroad
All healthcare service providers in EU and EEA countries must treat clients from EU countries equally based on the treatment needs. Access to treatment cannot be accelerated or restricted on the basis of the country in which a client resides or is covered under health insurance or on the basis of their nationality. An EU […]
Moving to Finland as an employee or self-employed person
When you arrive in Finland for the purposes of employment, the following factors affect your right to use Finnish public health care services and to receive reimbursement for the costs of medical care: You may be entitled to use public health care services in Finland and to receive reimbursement for medical care from Kela, even if […]