Visiting Researcher's Guide - EURAXESS Estonia

SOCIAL SECURITY
Medicines are divided into prescription and non-prescription medicines. Both can be bought
in any pharmacy. The Estonian state Agency of Medicines holds registers of medicines and
pharmacies. There are many pharmacies in Estonia, some of which are open 24 hours a day.
You can find a pharmacy in most big shopping centres, but also at the town hall squares in
Tallinn and Tartu. A portion of the price of prescription medicines is compensated to people
who have valid Estonian health insurance. The compensation rate depends on the diagnosis.
State Agency of Medicines http://www.sam.ee/
For more information on compensation for medicinal products see EHIF web page
http://www.haigekassa.ee/eng/health/medicinal/
6.2 Family benefits
State family benefits are paid to permanent inhabitants of Estonia
and aliens living in Estonia on the basis of a temporary residence
permit. Citizens of the EU who work in Estonia can also apply for
family benefits for children who are not living in Estonia. You should
submit an application for an allowance to the social Insurance
Board’s local pension office within six months after starting work in
Estonia, and also present your ID card with the residence permit and
the child’s birth certificate.
If you are a resident of Estonia and your child is born in Estonia,
you are entitled to a state childbirth allowance. In order to receive
additional childbirth benefits from a local government, you should
be registered as a resident at the local government registers’ office
for at least 6 months before the birth of the child.
It is possible to take a pregnancy vacation starting 70 days before
the expected birth of a child. People who are employed receive a
maternity benefit. Your gynaecologist will give you a document
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