Factors associated with unmet medical needs among middle-aged and older adults in China during COVID-19 pandemic
The findings indicate gender, age, educational attainment, occupation, Living with a spouse, health insurance, number of health technicians per 10,000, self-rated health, chronic conditions, depression, knowing the preventive measures, and fear of pandemic associated with unmet medical needs. The unmet medical needs of vulnerable groups should receive priority attention in the future and facilitate rationalizing the allocation structure of medical resources.
Authors
- Changle Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-8284)
- Baoquan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5879-5745)
- Yue Dai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8753-5064)
- Wei Jin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6078-4228)
- Yiping Zheng
- Dongyu Xue
Institutions
- Fujian Medical University (CN)
- Fuzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24699-5
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00