Public healthcare in Czech Republic

What

In the Czech Republic there are both state-run and private health facilities. Virtually all facilities have a valid contract for the provision and payment of healthcare with a health insurance company and provide healthcare to patients insured by the relevant health insurance company without direct payment. Medical services are provided by a system of outpatient care facilities, institutional care facilities, occupational medicine facilities, emergency care facilities, facilities for the transport of the sick, wounded and expectant mothers, spa care facilities and facilities providing medicine, medical equipment and dental products. The public health system receives people with health insurance. In the Czech Republic, it is obligatory for every person to be covered by valid individual health insurance.

Take out health insurance at any health insurance company and then search for a medical facility which has a valid contract with your health insurance company. Your health insurance company can provide you with a list of contracted medical facilities. People can benefit from the public health system as long as they are insured. All persons permanently residing in the Czech Republic must be covered by valid health insurance.

Good to know

Choose medical facilities which have a contract with your health insurance company. Inform your attending physician in advance whether all treatment will be covered by your health insurance company. This information you can find on (in Czech): eregpublicsecure.ksrzis.cz/Registr/NRPZS/ZdravotnickeZarizeni.

Where

A list of medical facilities can be found on the web application of the National Register of Healthcare Providers Take out health insurance at your selected health insurance company. A list of health insurance companies can be found on the website of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Ministerstvo zdravotnictví): (in Czech): www.mzcr.cz/dokumenty/zdravotni-pojistovny_945_839_1.html.