Healthcare for UK nationals living in Croatia
How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Croatia.
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Anyone living in Croatia for more than 3 months must have health insurance.
Healthcare is not free in Croatia. As well as insurance contributions, you’ll need to pay something towards the cost of any medical treatment. This is called a co-payment.
UK nationals usually access the Croatian healthcare system in one of these ways:
paying contributions to the Croatian Health Insurance Fund (HZZO)
using a European Health Insurance Card (
EHIC) or UK Global Health Insurance Card (