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October 11, 2025BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Factors associated with unmet medical needs among middle-aged and older adults in China during COVID-19 pandemic

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WJWei JinBZBaoquan ZhangYZYiping Zheng

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis identifies factors impacting unmet medical needs in older adults, suggesting health insurance and education play significant roles.

Key Points

  • The study reveals that 11.3% of older adults did not receive needed medical care during COVID-19, highlighting a pressing public health issue.
  • Factors such as being female, having chronic conditions, and lower educational attainment emerged as risk factors for unmet medical needs.
  • Analysis utilized binary logistic regression on 19,361 adults from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study to derive its conclusions.
  • Results underscore the importance of addressing unmet medical needs among vulnerable populations to improve health outcomes and resource allocation.

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Jin et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ea72339f1bd4df558cec1bhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24699-5
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