Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
| Author | Zuniga, Yves Miel H. |
| Author | Zumla, Alimuddin |
| Author | Zuhlke, Liesl J. |
| Author | Zoladl, Mohammad |
| Author | Ziaeian, Boback |
| Author | Zhong, Chenwen |
| Author | Zhao, Xiu Ju George |
| Author | Zhang, Zhi Jiang |
| Author | Zhang, Jianrong |
| Author | Zepro, Nejimu Biza |
| Author | Zenebe, Getachew Assefa |
| Author | Zeitoun, Jean David |
| Author | Zegeye, Zelalem Banjaw |
| Author | Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich |
| Author | Zareshahrabadi, Zahra |
| Author | Zarea, Kourosh |
| Author | Dehnavi, Ali Zare |
| Author | Zare, Iman |
| Author | Zangiabadian, Moein |
| Author | Zangeneh, Alireza |
| Author | Zamora, Nelson |
| Author | Zaman, Sojib Bin |
| Author | Zaki, Nazar |
| Author | Zakaryaei, Farima |
| Author | Zahir, Mazyar |
| Author | Tajrishi, Farbod Zahedi |
| Author | Zadnik, Vesna |
| Author | Zadey, Siddhesh |
| Author | Yusefi, Hossein |
| Author | Yousefinezhadi, Taraneh |
| Author | Yousefi, Zabihollah |
| Author | Younis, Mustafa Z. |
| Author | You, Yuyi |
| Author | Yonemoto, Naohiro |
| Author | Yon, Dong Keon |
| Author | Yisihak, Eshetu |
| Author | Yip, Paul |
| Author | Yiğit, Vahit |
| Author | Yiğit, Arzu |
| Author | Yi, Siyan |
| Author | Ye, Pengpeng |
| Author | Yazdanpanah, Fereshteh |
| Author | Yaya, Sanni |
| Author | Yano, Yuichiro |
| Author | Yang, Lin |
| Author | Yamagishi, Kazumasa |
| Author | Yamada, Tomohide |
| Author | Jabbari, Seyed Hossein Yahyazadeh |
| Author | Yahya, Gahin Abdulraheem Tayib Yahya |
| Author | Yaghoubi, Sajad |
| Author | Xu, Xiaoyue |
| Author | Xu, Suowen |
| Author | Xu, Hanzhang |
| Author | Xie, Yang |
| Author | Xiao, Hong |
| Author | Wulandari, Ratna D.W.I. |
| Author | Wubetie, Gedif Ashebir |
| Author | Wu, Ai Min |
| Author | Woolf, Anthony D. |
| Author | Wolfe, Charles D.A. |
| Author | Woldemariam, Melat |
| Author | Tsadik, Daniel Sisay Wolde |
| Author | Woday, Abay Tadesse |
| Author | Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana |
| Author | Wiangkham, Taweewat |
| Author | Westerman, Ronny |
| Author | Wen, Yi Feng |
| Author | Wei, Melissa Y. |
| Author | Waris, Abdul |
| Author | Ward, Paul |
| Author | Wang, Ziyue |
| Author | Wang, Yuan Pang |
| Author | Wang, Yu |
| Author | Wang, Yanzhong |
| Author | Vu, Linh Gia |
| Author | Volovici, Victor |
| Author | Vo, Bay |
| Author | Vlassov, Vasily |
| Author | Vishwanath, Prashant M. |
| Author | Violante, Francesco S. |
| Author | Villafañe, Jorge Hugo |
| Author | Vervoort, Dominique |
| Author | Veroux, Massimiliano |
| Author | Verma, Madhur |
| Author | Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy |
| Author | Vaziri, Siavash |
| Author | Vasic, Milena |
| Author | Vasankari, Tommi Juhani |
| Author | Varughese, Santosh |
| Author | Vart, Priya |
| Author | Varma, Ravi Prasad |
| Author | Vardavas, Constantine |
| Author | Van den Eynde, Jef |
| Author | Valizadeh, Rohollah |
| Author | Valdez, Pascual R. |
| Author | Tahbaz, Sahel Valadan |
| Author | Vakilian, Alireza |
| Author | Vacante, Marco |
| Author | Upadhyay, Era |
| Author | Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran |
| Available date | 2025-09-02T10:56:16Z |
| Publication Date | 2025-05-07 |
| Publication Name | Nature Communications |
| Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x |
| ISSN | 2041-1723 |
| Abstract | Chronic care manages long-term, progressive conditions, while acute care addresses short-term conditions. Chronic conditions increasingly strain health systems, which are often unprepared for these demands. This study examines the burden of conditions requiring acute versus chronic care, including sequelae. Conditions and sequelae from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019 were classified into acute or chronic care categories. Data were analysed by age, sex, and socio-demographic index, presenting total numbers and contributions to burden metrics such as Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), Years Lived with Disability (YLD), and Years of Life Lost (YLL). Approximately 68% of DALYs were attributed to chronic care, while 27% were due to acute care. Chronic care needs increased with age, representing 86% of YLDs and 71% of YLLs, and accounting for 93% of YLDs from sequelae. These findings highlight that chronic care needs far exceed acute care needs globally, necessitating health systems to adapt accordingly. |
| Language | en |
| Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
| Subject | noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) World Health Organization (WHO) |
| Type | Article |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 16 |
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