3 Financing of Mental Health in Estonia Triin Habicht, Maie Thetloff Translator: Signe Joasoo The purpose of this publication is to give a general overview of the financing of mental health in Estonia, whereas health care services’ benefits, compensations for medicinal products and costs of welfare services are dealt with in more detail. This report consists of three chapters. The first chapter gives an overview of health care services’ benefits that are mainly financed from the health insurance budget. The costs of primary health care, specialised medical care and nursing care are separately analysed. Second chapter of the overview deals with benefits of reimbursed medicinal products that similarly to health services’ benefits are financed from the health insurance budge. The third chapter describes the financing system of welfare services of people with special mental needs. Tallinn 2003