Estonia's best family doctors ranked: How did your county perform?

The Estonian Health Insurance Fund and the Estonian Family Doctors Association have published their annual quality ranking of family doctor teams for 2025. All monitored areas showed positive development, including chronic disease management and preventive care. Twenty-nine more teams achieved good results compared to the previous year.

Estonia's family doctor teams showed across-the-board improvement in 2025, according to the annual quality assessment conducted jointly by the Estonian Health Insurance Fund (Tervisekassa) and the Estonian Family Doctors Association. The results, released this week, reveal which counties are home to the country's top-performing primary care teams.

Broad improvement across all areas

The assessment measures performance in two key areas: the monitoring of patients with chronic conditions and the delivery of preventive healthcare services. In 2025, family doctor teams demonstrated positive development in every tracked category, marking a consistent upward trend in the quality of primary care across Estonia.

Notably, 29 more teams reached the threshold for a good result compared to the previous assessment period. Officials say this indicates stable and sustained quality growth rather than isolated gains, suggesting systemic improvements in how primary care is organised and delivered nationwide.

County-by-county breakdown

The ranking allows patients and policymakers alike to see how individual counties stack up against each other. The data highlights both leading regions and areas where there is still room for development, giving a detailed picture of the geographic spread of quality primary care in Estonia.

Health authorities have emphasised that the rankings are not intended as a punitive measure but as a tool to encourage continuous improvement. Teams that score well receive recognition, while those with lower scores are supported in identifying concrete steps to improve patient outcomes in the years ahead.