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· the regional offices of the National Social Security Institute in Tarragona, Lleida and Girona.
The National Social Security Institute will explain how to obtain health care.
Health care coverage
This involves all the services you will require and will be granted immediately for the length of your stay in Catalonia.
Foreigners have the right to the same public health care as any Catalan citizen with regard to
· normal and emergency services
· hospital stays
In the event of pharmaceutical provision for emergency care, prescriptions or the provision of pharmaceutical products and materials, the same regulations will apply as for users covered by CatSalut.
Health care without accrediting documents
Not having documents that show you have the right to health care can result in forgoing said right.
In the event that you do not have the documents needed, you should report to the nearest regional offices of the NSSI so you can be registered. You will need the accrediting documents from your country of origin.
Emergency care
Patients who require urgent attention and do not have their accrediting documents must be seen to in the emergency rooms of public health centres. In these cases, the hospital administration shall require payment for the services rendered.
Admissions
If admission is necessary, the patient or the family member responsible must sign the promise of payment so that if the accrediting documents have not been received when the patient is released from the hospital, the bill shall be paid in full.
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here are a number of ways that EU citizens residing permanently in Catalonia can register with the health service: The methods have to be explained by the relevant authorities in your country of origin.