Health care while travelling in Finland
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Your entitlements
You are entitled to subsidised health care. A small fee is charged for all treatment. Services for children aged 15 and under are free. You will receive necessary outpatient medical treatment as well as nursing care from health centres, located in most areas. Dental care is available in some centres. You will find details of health centres in the local telephone directory under the name Terveysadamat or Terveyskeskus.
A small daily non-refundable accommodation fee is charged for in-patient treatment in hospital. You can also be treated at any outpatient department of a hospital, either by visiting it directly or with an admission note from a doctor. The outpatient departments provide specialist treatment and a small non-refundable fee is charged for this service.
You can visit a private doctor or dentist and pay the fee first. You can claim a refund after treatment from a local insurance office listed in the telephone book under KELA-paikallistoimisto(t). Prescription medicine costs from pharmacies (Apteekki) and travel costs incurred in seeking medical treatment may be payable. A local insurance office will confirm payments required. Costs for dental care are only refunded to people born in 1956 or later.
More information
For more information download a copy of the Health care while travelling in Finland information sheet [PDF, 187Kb]
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Last updated: 18 March, 2010
