Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia

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You will then receive a document with your
ID number which you will have to present
to your employer. Your employer will then
forward all the necessary information to the
EHIF, the Tax and Customs Board and the social
Insurance Board, so that you will have
health insurance and other rights resulting
from paid taxes.
When visiting a doctor you only need to take
an identification document with you and the
clinic will be able to find out all of the necessary
information using your identification
number.
some people, for example children and pregnant
women from the 12 th week of pregnancy,
have the same rights as taxpayers.
The EHIF pays for visits to doctors and
hospital treatment, and covers part of the
cost of some medicines. The EHIF covers
the costs of medical treatment, apart from
the fee for visiting medical specialists (50
kroons) and the hospital in-patient fee (25
kroons per day). First aid in the event of
emergencies is free of charge for everybody.
The EHIF pays sickness benefits on the basis
of a certificate of incapacity for work, which
you receive from your doctor and must then
present to your employer. The sickness
benefit is 80% of the average income per calendar
day and is paid from the second day
of sickness. The sickness benefits are calcu-
SOCIAL SECURITY
lated on the basis of social tax paid by you in
the previous calendar year in Estonia.
If the family members of an EU citizen remain
in their home country, their health insurance
can be covered by the EHIF after the E109
form has been issued by the EHIF and registered
in the country of residence of the family
members.
EU citizens are also insured as long as their
European health insurance card is valid on
the basis of previous work or other insurance
conditions in their home country. In the
event of short-term work, you should check
the term of validity of your health insurance
and your European health insurance card. If
your European health insurance card is valid,
you will be granted necessary health care
while staying in Estonia.
An employee who is posted for a short term
from another EU member state to Estonia can
receive necessary health care by presenting
his/her European health insurance card.
In case you are posted to Estonia from another
EU member country for a longer-term
assignment (more than 1 year), you are entitled
to obtain health care in Estonia on the
same terms as local insured persons. You
should receive from your employer Form
E106, which you should bring with you to
Estonia. Go to the Estonian Health Insurance
Fund with 2 copies of Form E106 and your