Travel to Estonia

Estonia, capital Tallinn.

Medical and Health

Where to Get Information & Refunds

Documentation required

Your E111 form.

Doctors, Dentists & Prescriptions

You can get emergency treatment from a doctor (family practitioner) or in the emergency section of a hospital.

Alternatively, you can call an ambulance. The doctor will decide whether you need hospital in-patient treatment.

You'll need to pay a contribution towards the cost of your treatment and any prescriptions. These fees aren't refundable.

GP consultations are free. But there's a visit fee of up to EEK 50, when making a home visit.

Dental Care:

• Children below 19 are free of charge.
• Adults pay the full amount for dental treatment (except in two kinds of emergencies - the removal of a tooth and the lancing of an abscess).

UK visitors will be charged a standard contribution rate of between EEK 20-50 (or £0.95p - £2.26p) towards the cost of any medicines they're prescribed and additionally they'll sometimes have to pay a percentage of the cost above the EEK 20-50 contribution.

The percentage they pay will vary according to the cost of the medicine prescribed but will be between 10% and 50%.

If the medicine isn't on the Health Insurance Fund's list of medicinal products, you'll have to pay the full cost - and it isn't refundable.

Hospital Treatment & Ambulance Costs

Unfortunately if you're admitted as an in-patient, you'll have to pay an in-patient fee of up to EEK 25 per day - up to 10 days per hospitalisation.

Note: There's no in-patient fee for -

• children below the age of 19;
• cases related to pregnancy and childbirth;
• intensive care.

Transportation by ambulance, in an emergency, is free of charge.

Where to Get Refunds

Not applicable - patients are only charged their share of any medical or prescription costs, which aren't refundable.

Payment for any treatment received privately isn't refundable.

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