TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterising acute and chronic care needs
T2 - insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
AU - GBD 2019 Acute and Chronic Care Collaborators
AU - Zuniga, Yves Miel H.
AU - Zumla, Alimuddin
AU - Zuhlke, Liesl J.
AU - Zoladl, Mohammad
AU - Ziaeian, Boback
AU - Zhong, Chenwen
AU - Zhao, Xiu Ju George
AU - Zhang, Zhi Jiang
AU - Zhang, Jianrong
AU - Zepro, Nejimu Biza
AU - Zenebe, Getachew Assefa
AU - Zeitoun, Jean David
AU - Zegeye, Zelalem Banjaw
AU - Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich
AU - Zareshahrabadi, Zahra
AU - Zarea, Kourosh
AU - Dehnavi, Ali Zare
AU - Zare, Iman
AU - Zangiabadian, Moein
AU - Zangeneh, Alireza
AU - Zamora, Nelson
AU - Zaman, Sojib Bin
AU - Zaki, Nazar
AU - Zakaryaei, Farima
AU - Zahir, Mazyar
AU - Tajrishi, Farbod Zahedi
AU - Zadnik, Vesna
AU - Zadey, Siddhesh
AU - Yusefi, Hossein
AU - Yousefinezhadi, Taraneh
AU - Yousefi, Zabihollah
AU - Younis, Mustafa Z.
AU - You, Yuyi
AU - Yonemoto, Naohiro
AU - Yon, Dong Keon
AU - Yisihak, Eshetu
AU - Yip, Paul
AU - Yiğit, Vahit
AU - Yiğit, Arzu
AU - Yi, Siyan
AU - Ye, Pengpeng
AU - Yazdanpanah, Fereshteh
AU - Yaya, Sanni
AU - Yano, Yuichiro
AU - Yang, Lin
AU - Yamagishi, Kazumasa
AU - Yamada, Tomohide
AU - Jabbari, Seyed Hossein Yahyazadeh
AU - Yahya, Gahin Abdulraheem Tayib Yahya
AU - Kabir, Zubair
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/12
Y1 - 2025/12
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105007161094
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x
DO - 10.1038/s41467-025-56910-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 40335470
AN - SCOPUS:105007161094
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 16
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 4235
ER -