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International Experts: The Future of Health Insurance is under the Spotlight
At the 25th anniversary of health insurance of the two Baltic countries, international experts will gather at a number of important meetings to ask how to ensure the effective functioning of the local healthcare systems in the next quarter of a century.
“Towards Integrated Healthcare” conference
EHIF and the World Bank are organizing a conference in Tallinn, Estonia on October 25th – 26th. The event is held at the Space X center. The two organizations are introducing their report “Payment Systems Review” for the first time.
Opinion story: Dental care benefit allows prevention of major dental damage, and improves the oral health of the Estonian people
Katrin Romanenkov, Head o
The Health Insurance Fund opened a new website for new clinical guidelines and patient guidelines
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund opened a new version of the clinical guideline portal www.ravijuhend.ee. The website has clinical guidelines in a new interactive format, that is targeted to doctors, but patients are also welcome to visit the
Survey about healthcare in Europe
We’re interested in your views on receiving medical treatment in other European countries.
Health Insurance Fund publishes quality results: Overview of the Quality of Healthcare in the Estonian HealthCare System.
The Health Insurance Fund has, for the first time, consolidated the results of three different quality indicators into a single report. The results include feedback to the Hospital Network Development Plan on the availability of treatment, the treatment process, and the e
How to move further from treatment based financing?
“Today's planning of health services in treatment cases will help to manage specialized healthcare costs, at the same time the strategic purchase of health insurance must develop more in order to better value the comprehensive treatment process and its results,” says the Chairman of
Financial results of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund for the year 2016
The Supervisory Board of the Estonian Health Insurance Fund confirmed last year's financial results on 26 April. The Supervisory Board also approved the amendments to the list of health services. The wage increase for health workers, calculated on the bas
SURVEY: Assessment of the Estonian population - the quality of health care is good, but the availability of health care is a matter of concern
Most of Estonia's population assesses the quality of medical care to be good, and the awareness of the population in the field of e-health services is growing. However, over the years there has been a slight decrease in people's satisfaction with the availability of medic
Dental care benefits provide all adults with the opportunity to visit a dentist at least once a year
Carmen-Kristiina Parik, Specialist of the Division of the Primary Care Package Development, Estonian Health Insurance Fund