دورية أكاديمية
Effect of air pollution on health care expenditure: Evidence from respiratory diseases.
| العنوان: | Effect of air pollution on health care expenditure: Evidence from respiratory diseases. |
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| المؤلفون: | Liu YM; Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan., Ao CK; Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. |
| المصدر: | Health economics [Health Econ] 2021 Apr; Vol. 30 (4), pp. 858-875. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Feb 08. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Wiley Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9306780 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1099-1050 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10579230 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Econ Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, c1992- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Air Pollutants*/analysis , Air Pollutants*/toxicity , Air Pollution*/statistics & numerical data, Health Expenditures ; Humans ; Particulate Matter/analysis ; Particulate Matter/toxicity ; Taiwan/epidemiology |
| مستخلص: | Recent reports show that at least 95% of the world's population is breathing polluted air. However, the impact of air quality on air pollution-related medical expenditure and utilization is sparse. This study estimates the short-term health care cost impacts of air pollution using a meteorological phenomenon-thermal inversion-as an instrumental variable for air quality. Using information on outpatient care for respiratory diseases from universal health insurance claim data in Taiwan during 2006-2012, our estimates suggest that a one-unit reduction in the air quality index (AQI) leads to NT$2.3 billion (nearly US$74 million) of savings in respiratory-related outpatient expenditure per year. Given that the average AQI is equal to 32 during our study period, completely removing air pollution would reduce the national health expenditure by approximately 8% annually. Our results provide the important implication that the cost of controlling air pollutant emissions can be offset by curtailing health care expenditure. (© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Taiwan; air pollution; health care expenditure; respiratory disease |
| المشرفين على المادة: | 0 (Air Pollutants) 0 (Particulate Matter) |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20210208 Date Completed: 20211029 Latest Revision: 20220531 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20221213 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hec.4221 |
| PMID: | 33556215 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1099-1050 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/hec.4221 |