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.