General info about the Danish healthcare system

Lifeindenmark.dk

This is the official website for international citizens living in Denmark. For instance you will find information about:

• The Danish healthcare system
• Medical treatment
• Health insurance
• Nursing homes and eldercare
• Patients' rights

Healthcare on lifeindenmark.dk

Sundhed.dk

Sundhed.dk is the common website for official information from the Danish health authorities. It is run by the regions, municipalities and the Danish Ministry for the Interior and Health. 

The website is in Danish.

On sundhed.dk you will find:

• • Your healthcare data (dine sundhedsdata) that the public healthcare system has registered about you.
  • The Patient's handbook (Patienthåndbogen) which is a digital lexicon containing updated and valid information about symptoms and diseases and how they are treated in Denmark.  
  • Your medicine (Medicinkortet). Get an overview of your prescriptions and request for a renewal. 
  • Finding a health care professional (Find behandler) : General Practitioner (GP), specialist, physiotherapist, dentist, psykologist and other health care professionals.
  • Vaccination - including the children's vaccination programme 
  • Pregnancy, birth, and maternity leave
  • Your rights as a patient (Patientrettigheder) 
  • Lab results from the hospital sector (Laboratoriesvar)
  • Preventive screenings (Forebyggende undersøgelser)

Sundhed.dk

The website of the Danish Health Authority

Find official information from the Danish Health Authority (Sundhedsstyrelsen) for instance on:

• Pregnancy
• Health promotion and prevention
• The Danish healthcare system
• Children's health
• Organ donation

The Danish Health Authority's website