As chronic disease reshapes lives and health systems worldwide, a new Zurich report reveals how prepared 38 countries are and where prevention, protection and chronic care must evolve.

What makes a country well prepared for a future in which people live longer, but may spend more of those years managing chronic illness?

Zurich’s The Value of Chronic Care provides a valuable comparative picture of how chronic disease is affecting populations and how effectively health systems are responding. Drawing on a decade of data covering more than 200 conditions across 38 countries, the report looks beyond life expectancy to examine the relationship between disease burden, healthcare capacity, quality and readiness.

For insurers, policymakers and health professionals, the findings provide a useful lens for understanding where existing systems are resilient — and where emerging pressures could create new protection and support needs.

Readers will gain insight into how different countries are adapting to hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health conditions and other long-term illnesses, while exploring the growing importance of prevention, financial resilience and sustainable chronic care as populations and healthcare needs evolve.

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