Health Record Rights Index · country brief · this country's data as of 2026-10-01
Who holds the health record in Croatia?
In 2026, Croatia scores 60 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 23= of 198 countries (likely range 9 to 38), in the Mixed band (45 to 64). Who holds the keys: Shared. Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01.
The person has real controls inside a state or provider system. Its strongest right against the other countries is patient control and consent (66, against a median of 30 across 198 countries); its weakest is research and trial consent (45, median 46).
Croatians can see labs, prescriptions and hospital letters online and block whole groups of doctors, but private clinics stay outside CEZIH until 2027.
Published · updated · this country's data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
60overall, of 100 · Mixed
23=rank of 198
Sharedwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
88 · Goldevidence grade (DTI)
Can I get my health records in Croatia?
Access to the full record scores 62 of 100 in Croatia, against a median of 43 across 198 countries. The 2004 patient rights law gives a right to the whole record, with copies at the patient's cost. Portal zdravlja shows lab results, prescriptions, referrals and hospital letters, but its user count was not verified, so the score sits in the lower half of the band.
Can I control who sees my health record in Croatia?
Control and consent scores 66 of 100 in Croatia, against a median of 30 across 198 countries. In Portal zdravlja patients can allow or block access by whole groups, such as all family doctors, emergency doctors or hospital specialists. A law-backed log shows who viewed which data and when, but sharing is on by default.
Eight rights, against Lithuania, Netherlands, Bulgaria and the EU
Patient access to the full record20%
62
67 · 55 · 62
Patient control and consent20%
66
62 · 72 · 62
Privacy and security15%
52
50 · 52 · 55
Connected care journey15%
68
68 · 60 · 70
Protection from commercial use10%
56
54 · 62 · 50
Clinician access at the point of care10%
64
64 · 58 · 62
Research and trial consent5%
45
48 · 57 · 44
Clinical AI governance5%
50
50 · 50 · 50
Black dot: Croatia. Hollow dots: Lithuania, Netherlands, Bulgaria (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 198 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Croatia 60, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Croatia need to change to score higher?
Croatia sits in Mixed (45 to 64); Strong starts at 65. The two rights furthest below the 198-country median, weighted, are research and trial consent (45, median 46) and clinical AI governance (50, median 30). The published rubric reads:
Research and trial consent: A general opt-out that is honoured, or dynamic or opt-in consent, with a public register of research uses: 55 to 85.
Clinical AI governance: Device regulation of clinical AI with change control and human oversight in force, plus national rules where EU law leaves gaps.
Which laws give health record rights in Croatia?
Zakon o podacima i informacijama u zdravstvu (NN 14/19) (2019): Creates e-Karton, limits access to treating clinicians, obliges every provider to exchange data via CEZIH.
Zakon o zastiti prava pacijenata (NN 169/04) (2004): Right to the whole medical record, copies at own cost; written consent for research.
Pravilnik o opsegu i sadrzaju podataka te nacinu vodenja e-Kartona (NN 74/2023) (2023): Sets e-Karton contents and access; portal must show who viewed which data and when.
Strain and split context, not scored
Doctors per 10,000
39.7 2023
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
80.5 2023
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
15.1% 2023
Record reaches private care?
partial
"private clinics join only in 2027."
Published stories
2026-04 · Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP), final decision UP/I-034-01/24-01/23 Patients asked a private hospital for their scans; the images had been lost
2025-07 · Agencija za zaštitu osobnih podataka (AZOP), anonymised decision 567-UP/I-034-01/24-01/31 Hospital worker photographed a patient's test result on screen and it reached the media
In 2026, Croatia scored 60 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 23= of 198 countries (likely range 9 to 38) (Mixed; who holds the keys: Shared). Source: Health Record Rights Index, SuperTruth, this country's data as of 2026-10-01, https://healthrecordrights.com/brief/HRV/
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