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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 in Finland
Your entitlement to medically necessary treatment or to use all of the public health care services is based, among other things, on the country where you are covered by health insurance and on what grounds you are residing in Finland. Private health care services are available to all. Public health care services in Finland You […]
Foreign patients’ treatment in Finland
Every customer is always entitled to receive the emergency treatment they need in Finnish public health care, regardless of their country of origin and reason for staying in Finland. If the customer coming from abroad has a municipality of residence in Finland, they are entitled to public health care services and non-emergency treatment in the […]
Lithuania
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Lithuania. 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 […]
Bulgaria
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in Bulgaria. 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 […]
Czech Republic
Accessing care You can obtain medically necessary treatment by presenting the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), when you are temporarily staying in the Czech Republic. 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 […]
Things to consider when travelling abroad to give birth
16.3.2026Have you considered giving birth abroad for family reasons or because you want to use the health services of a particular country? Preparing for childbirth in another country takes planning, but with the right information it is possible. Prepare for your trip and utilise advice from the Cross-border Health Contact Point.
Contact information
If you are calling from abroad, dial the country code +358 in front of the telephone number and omit the first zero. Contact point for cross-border health care The contact point distributes information about using health care services in Finland and abroad, the right to medical care in different situations, reimbursement of costs and the […]
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 […]
10 years of EU-healthcare.fi – a website built with our customers
16.10.2025EU-healthcare.fi will turn ten years old in October 2025. Over the last decade, the site has evolved and developed–always with the customer in mind. To mark the anniversary, let’s take a look at the history and development of the site.