South America
Healthcare and travel insurance in Chile
$1,760health spend per person
Healthcare in Chile
Private clinics in Santiago are among the region's best but expensive; public hospitals are stretched. Get travel insurance, especially for Patagonia and Atacama trips.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Cruz Verde, Salcobrand and Farmacias Ahumada are everywhere; many medicines need a prescription.
- Doctors: 3.3 per 1,000 people (2023, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 133 · Ambulance 131 · Fire 132.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- SantiagoHealthcare & insurance
- ValparaísoHealthcare & insurance
- San Pedro de AtacamaHealthcare & insurance
- Puerto NatalesHealthcare & insurance
- PucónHealthcare & insurance
- Easter IslandHealthcare & insurance
- Puerto VarasHealthcare & insurance
- Viña del MarHealthcare & insurance
- ChiloéHealthcare & insurance
- Punta ArenasHealthcare & insurance
- La SerenaHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Servicio Nacional de Migraciones
- Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
- EFE Trenes de Chile
- Speedtest Global Index: Chile
- World Bank open data
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