Health insurance guidelines vary depending on your country of citizenship.
Please note that the information on this page only applies for students on bachelor’s and master’s programs, not for PhD students. PhD students should contact the Swedish Social Insurance Agency or their universities for information on health insurance.
EU/EEA/Swiss citizens
In case you're a native of any of the EU/EEA nations or Switzerland, you should enroll for an European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) in your nation of origin before coming to Sweden. This card gives you the privilege to therapeutic care at an indistinguishable cost from Swedes. The European Commission has built up an EHIC application with more data on the card and how it functions.
In case you're not ready to get your EHIC before leaving home because of long holding up times, you can ask for a transitory endorsement from a similar office in your nation of origin that issues the EHIC.
On the off chance that you don't get an EHIC in your nation of origin, you'll have to mastermind your own particular protection scope to take care of expenses, as restorative care without protection can be extremely costly. Be that as it may, you generally approach crisis mind.
If you’ll be staying in Sweden for more than a year, you can register with the Swedish Tax Agency for a personal identity number. Once you’ve received your number, you’ll be entitled to all healthcare and pay Swedish patient fees.
Non-EU/EEA citizens: stays of one year or more
In the event that your degree program is longer than one year, you're qualified for a similar medical advantages as Swedes in the wake of enrolling with the Swedish Tax Agency keeping in mind the end goal to get an individual character number. Once you've gotten your number, you'll be qualified for all human services and pay Swedish patient charges.
Do take note of this doesn't cover your excursion to Sweden or the time you spend in the nation before getting your own personality number. To be completely secured for that period, you will require some type of protection from your nation of origin. You ought to likewise check with your college to see whether they give any extra protection scope to worldwide students.
Non-EU/EEA citizens: stays of less than one year
If you have a residence permit valid for a period of less than a year, you won’t be able to obtain a personal identity number, which means you won’t have automatic access to health insurance. However, your university may provide you with health insurance coverage through the Swedish State Insurance Agency’s (Kammarkollegiet) plan. Check with your university to find out if they offer this plan.
Sweden likewise has corresponding assentions for health advantages with various nations. To see if your nation has this sort of concurrence with Sweden and to find out about terms and techniques assuming this is the case, contact the social protection office in your nation of origin or the Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Students who aren't secured by any of these understandings must orchestrate their own particular protection scope, as therapeutic treatment can be extremely costly with no type of protection. It's exceedingly prescribed to orchestrate medical coverage from your nation of origin with the goal that you're secured amid your excursion to Sweden and when you arrive. Subsequent to arriving, you can check if your college or understudy union has an extraordinary concurrence with an insurance agency to give protection at a lower cost.
Medical treatment in Sweden
If you need to consult a doctor, you can either make an appointment at the student health centre at your university or go to the local healthcare centre, vårdcentralen. Patient fees vary but are usually about SEK 150-200 for a consultation. Doctors in Sweden speak good English; interpreters between Swedish and other languages can often also be arranged. Check with the staff at your healthcare centre if you need to arrange for an interpreter to find out what options are available.
In the event that you don't yet have a Swedish individual personality number or European Health Insurance Card (see the data for EU/EEA natives above), it might be hard to influence an arrangement at a medicinal services to focus. On the off chance that you experience difficulty influencing an arrangement at a social insurance to focus or on the off chance that you require pressing consideration, it's normally conceivable to get treatment at a neighborhood intense care focus (närakut). Your college will have the capacity to educate you on the best course with respect to activity for here and now worldwide understudies.
The official site 1177.se offers broad guidance on social insurance points in a few dialects and also a pursuit work (in Swedish) for close-by medicinal services focuses.
If there should arise an occurrence of crisis, dependably call 112. You can likewise go straightforwardly to A&E, known as Akutmottagningen or Akuten, at your closest doctor's facility (sjukhus). On the off chance that you are worried about a non-crisis human services issue, you can likewise ring 1177 for counsel.
Pharmacies and medication
Drug stores in Sweden (apotek) give solution and non-professionally prescribed pharmaceutical and additionally essential well being and magnificence items. Some non-physician recommended solutions like fundamental torment or fever pharmaceutical can likewise be found at some markets.
Dental care
Dental care is expensive in Sweden, even for Swedes. As such, it’s a good idea to have a thorough check-up at your dentist before leaving for Sweden. Should you still need to consult a dentist here, visit 1177.se to find local listings.
Vaccinations
There are no vaccination requirements for any international traveler entering Sweden. However, some universities may require a medical certificate as part of the application to their programs.
info by SFWWC
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