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Health Care: Adults
Health Care: Adults
Before you or your child ever gets sick, it is a good idea to stop by your nearest doctors’ office and register your family, which usually just involves filling out a brief form and selecting a doctor. Most läkare (doctors) work through local Vårdcentral, a doctor’s office, directly translated to ‘Care-central’. An out-of-hours medical center is called Närakut. Call 112 if you need an ambulance in an emergency.
You can find details of your nearest practice by phoning the 24-Hour Health Care Information/Helpline at 1177 or www.1177.se (scroll down to ‘other languages’, then press ‘seek healthcare’).
Don’t be surprised if you find an appointment for a Pap smear or Mammography in the mail, almost upon arrival!
Private Health Care
Läkarhuset (Hötorget/city), Läkarhuset (Odenplan in Vasastan), Sofia Hemmet and Barnsjukhuset Martina (on Valhallavägen) are but four of the many private clinics/hospitals in Stockholm that have good reputations.
To get a doctor to visit you at home
Doktor hemma www.doktorhemma.se
Mobil@doktorn www.mobiladoktorn.se
Ally www.ally.se
1177 www.1177.se
Online doctors
All these doctors have apps
Min doktor www.mindoktor.se
Kry www.kry.se
Doktor24 www.doktor24.se
MediCheck www.medicheck.se
Ally www.ally.se
Alternative medicine
These have clinics in Stockholm
Salve Hälsocenter www.salvestockholm.se 08 668 04 55
Alta Medica www.alta-medica.se 070 696 12 80
Alternativmedicin www.alternativmedicin.se 08 559 220 99
Fees
Adults will be charged a small fee for each appointment, ask for a Högkostnadskort which can be stamped at each visit. If within 12 months you have paid the maximum fee, you will be entitled to free consultations for the remainder of the year.
Health care: Children
Health care: Children
You should register your whole family at your local Vårdcentral when you first come to Sweden. However, there are specific health care services for children, as listed below.
Barnavårdcentral BVC (Children's Health Center)
Barnavårdcentral is a free clinic for children up to 5 years of age, staffed with nurses, midwives and doctors, all specializing in children's health. You will be assigned a nurse at the BVC who will carry out vaccinations, track your child’s weight and height measurements and developmental progress, perform hearing and sight tests, and any other non-urgent health matters. Once your child is over five years old and is in school, preventative health checks and immunizations are provided through a nurse at the school.
Healthcare at SIS
The School Health Service is a continuation of the work of Swedish children's clinics (BVC) or in other words your child's occupational health service. School Health Service works preventatively for better health and well-being amongst students. Minor health care services are also conducted such as: health profiles, follow up of growth and weight development including BMI, eyesight, hearing, back checks and vaccinations.
At SIS Health check-ups are offered in Grade 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. For more information, contact the school nurse.
Ungdomsmottagning (Youth Clinic)
These youth medical centres are staffed with midwives, social workers, doctors and sometimes psychologists. These are available for youths up until the age of 24.
Barnakutmottagning - Children’s Accident and Emergency Information
Call 112 if you need an ambulance in an emergency. If you are unsure of where to take your child call 1177.
Barnakuten vid Astrid Lindgrens Barnsjukhus, Solna: Anna Steckséns gatan 53
08 517 700 00
Akutenmottagning Barn Huddinge: Karolinska Sjukhuset, Hälsovägen K41-K43
08 585 809 00
Sachsska Barnsjukhus
Hjalmar Cederströms gata 14
08 616 10 00
Private accident and emergency or general medicine you require a yearly membership.
Barnsjukhuset Martina, Valhallavägen 91
08 120 231 10
General poison Information (M-F, 9:00-17:00) 010 456 67 00
Fees
Consultation for children under 18 is free, but hospital accident and emergency departments charge a fee of 120kr for children/ 300kr adults unless there is a doctor's referral.
Dental CARE
Dental CARE
You can visit any dentist in your local area and ask to register with them (you will need your personal ID number):
Search for tandläkare (dentist) online and you will find both public and private dentists or look at www.1177.se, the Folktandvården website or
Distriktstandvården, Drottninggatan 65,
08 412 00 750
Children will be called up to the dentist at age 3 for their first full check up - click here for more details.
Fees
Most basic dental work with public dentists will be fully subsidised once you are registered; extra care may incur costs. Private dental treatment can be very expensive.
Routine dental care is free for children up to age 23 (both private and public).
Emergency dental care
CityAkuten Tand (open 08:00-20.00), Olof Palmes gata 13
08 412 29 00
Folktandvården Akuten (open 365 days, 07:45-20:30), Fleminggatan 48
08 123 156 80
OPTICAL Care
OPTICAL Care
There are many opticians in Stockholm, including big chains such as Specsavers. You can make an appointment with any of them without registering first.
Fees
Optical care is generally not covered by the Swedish health service, unless there's a specialist issue, so be prepared to pay for eye checkups, lenses and frames.
Glasses for children under 20 are subsidised by the state.
Eye Hospital
St. Eriks Ögonsjukhus, Polhemsgatan 50
08 672 30 00
SPECIALIST Health care
SPECIALIST Health care
General Specialist Care
Specialist care works both as part of the state system, or privately. For the public healthcare route, you will need a remiss (referral) from your GP surgery, who will assign you to the specialist in question. If you decide to go private, you can often book directly, without a referral at www.privatvård.info. Obviously, it is more expensive to go down the private route, but can be quicker and you may be able to choose your doctor.
Barnmorskemottagningen (Midwife Clinic)
All women in the fertile stages of life can also get specialist care at the Barnmorskemottagningen or mödravårdscentralen. This is where specialist pregnancy care can be given, as well as information and advice about contraceptives, smear tests, abortion advice, and other gynaecological concerns.
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