As a person insured with the CHIF, you are entitled to a European Health Insurance Card, which enables you to use health care services during your temporary stay in EU member states, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein and Switzerland
Treatment in the EU, EEA countries or Switzerland will be approved if provided for by the Croatian mandatory health insurance system and if you cannot receive this treatment in Croatia within a medically justifiable time limit
The Directorate of the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (CHIF) decides on referrals for treatment abroad depending on the opinion of specialist doctors from contractual healthcare institutions
If you are travelling for private purposes to countries outside the European Union, European Economic Area or Switzerland, you are entitled to health care depending on whether a treaty on social insurance has been concluded with that particular country or not
The National Contact Point is a place where you can learn about your rights to health care in Croatia or in other EU member states
This page is available only in Croatian.
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