Exercising the right to medicines, orthopaedic and other prostheses, and dental prostheses under Regulation 883/04 On the basis of the EHIC or Substitute Certificate, the persons insured with the CHIF, who during their temporary stay in the territory of another Member State of the European Union (EU), the Eur...

In compliance with the Regulation 883/2004, the CHIF shall cover the costs of the insured person’s planned treatment only if the authorization has been issued for the planned treatment based on a submitted application (Article 20 of the Regulation 883/2004). The treatment shall be authorized if foreseen by th...

Specialist - consultative healthcare requiring no prior approval The section "Planned treatment" describes the scenario in which you need to obtain prior approval for receiving treatment. If, as the person insured with the CHIF, you are utilising specialist-consultative healthcare for which no prior approval ...

Treatment&Costs Doctors •    You should contact a doctor who has a contract with the CHIF, as he will provide you with services free of charge. •    Contribution for particiation costs of healthcare services amounts to 10, 00 HRK Dentists •    You should contact a dentist who has a contract with the CH...

Under the Croatian legislation (Health care Act and Compulsory health insurance Act Internal consolidated text), every person is entitled to health care and the highest possible level of health. The goal of any healthcare system is improving and bettering the quality of health care. The quality of healthcare ...