​Pregnant women have the right to necessary healthcare before and after the birth. Pregnant women have the right to follow-up by a doctor or midwife at the child health clinic and the right to give birth in a hospital. If you have an unwanted pregnancy, you have the right to abortion.

You have the same rights to necessary healthcare before and after the birth; to give birth in a hospital; and to have an abortion, even if your application has been finally determined and refused.

As an adult, you must pay a user fee at the walk-in medical centres and at the doctor's. You do not pay if you are admitted to a hospital and receive treatment.
Children under 16 years of age do not pay a user fee at the GP's.
The child health clinics and the school health services are free.

If you are pregnant, your healthcare before and after the birth is free. You do not pay to give birth in a hospital.

If your application for asylum has been finally determined and refused, the general rule is that you must pay for healthcare from the doctor in the municipality and for treatment at the hospital. This also applies if you give birth. If you need emergency help or healthcare that is essential and cannot wait, you do not have to pay before receiving the healthcare. If you cannot pay, the costs will be paid by the healthcare services in the municipality or by the hospital.

​Healthcare personnel have a duty of confidentiality and, as the main rule, cannot pass on information about your health if you do not agree.

​When you contact the healthcare services, healthcare personnel must ensure that there is effective communication. The healthcare personnel must order an interpreter if you need to use your own language. The interpreter has a duty of confidentiality.