Necessary health care under the Directive 2011/24/EU Under the provisions of the Directive 2011/24/EU, incorporated into the Compulsory health insurance Act, the insured person shall have the right to the reimbursement of costs for the necessary healthcare utilised with private healthcare service providers in...

Planned medical treatment under Regulation 883/2004 According to Article 20 of the Regulation 883/2004, the competent institution in one of the Member States of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area countries (EEA - Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway), Switzerland or the United Kingdom of Great ...

Vision of the healthcare system To become a health system where quality healthcare is available to everyone, according to the principles of comprehensiveness, accessibility and solidarity.   Mission of the Croatian health insurance Our mission is to rationally invest the funds of insured persons in...

Healthcare in the Republic of Croatia – Introduction Temporary stay in Croatia If during a temporary stay in the Republic of Croatia, a person is the beneficiary of compulsory health insurance in another Member State of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area countries (EEA), Switzerland or the U...

Obligatory prior approval Under the provisions of the Directive 2011/24/EU, transposed into the Compulsory Health Insurance Act, based on the fulfilment of all the prescribed provision, the insured persons are entitled to receive scheduled treatment even in private practices in other Member State of the Europ...