Unmet Chronic Care Needs And Insufficient Nurse Staffing to Achieve Universal Health Coverage in China: Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

The present study demonstrates the chronic care needs outweigh those for acute care in China. Nurse supply and the financial protection for the poor were still inadequate to achieve Universal Health Coverage. Better workforce planning and concerted actions on chronic care prevention and control should be taken to meet the population's chronic care needs.