Reimbursement for medicine
You receive compensation for the costs of medicines that are covered by high-cost protection by law.
High-cost coverage for medicine
'The high-cost cover limits your costs for prescription medicine. This means that you pay a maximum of SEK 2,900 during a 12-month period for medicines that are included in the so-called medicine benefit. Excess costs are paid for by the County Council.
The high-cost cover functions as a discount staircase where you get a greater discount the higher the costs you have had for drugs within the drug benefit. With each new purchase, you start where you were after the previous purchase and climb further up the ladder.
When you have paid SEK 2,900 for your medicines during a 12-month period, you are entitled to a free card for the remainder of this 12-month period. The free card applies to medicines included in the benefit.
What can you get reimbursed for?
You will get reimbursement for the cost of medicines that are legally covered by high-cost protection. To be eligible for reimbursement, you must be employed at Stockholm University and the purchase for the medicine must have been made during your employment.
Please note that during holidays abroad, no reimbursement is paid by the university for medicine.
How to clame reimbursement
Medicines that relate to purchases from 2025
According to the conditional agreement Chapter 12. 7 §, a request for reimbursement for medicines may only be made on one occasion for each individual calendar year.
A summary of medicines taken during 2025 must be received by the Payroll Section no earlier than December 2025 and no later than 31 January 2026. The reimbursement will be paid in connection with the January and February payroll run in 2026.
- Go to Läkemedelskollen on the Swedish eHealth Agency's website and log in with your bank ID.
- Under the menu, select ”Recept och högkostnadsskydd” and then ”Visa dokument”. Close the box and scroll down to Högkostnadsskydd and click on the link ”Öppna högkostnadsskydd (pdf)".
- Under ”Välj tidsperiod för utskriften” – click on ”Valfri period” and enter the whole year, i.e. 1 January to 31 December. This is important in order to include the whole year's supply of medicines.
- Click on download printout.
- Save as a PDF and label with your personal identification number.
- E-mail the digital document to loneadm@pa.su.se.
Upon termination of employment, the request for reimbursement must be received by the Payroll Section no later than your last day of employment. You can only be reimbursed for medicines purchased during your employment at Stockholm University.
Contact
In the first place, contact your department.