| Title | PM2.5 concentration declining saves health expenditure in China |
| Authors | Xie, Yang Zhong, Hua Weng, Zhixiong Guo, Xinbiao Kim, Satbyul Estella Wu, Shaowei |
| Affiliation | Beihang Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China Beihang Univ, Lab Low Carbon Intelligent Governance, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China Beijing Univ Technol, Inst Circular Econ, Beijing 100124, Peoples R China Peking Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Occupat & Environm Hlth Sci, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China Univ Tsukuba, Fac Hlth & Sport Sci, Tsukuba 3058577, Japan Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Occupat & Environm Hlth, Hlth Sci Ctr, Xian 710049, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | AMBIENT AIR-POLLUTION PM2.5-RELATED HEALTH SUSTAINED EXPOSURE PARTICULATE MATTER LIFE EXPECTANCY CO-BENEFITS DISEASE TEMPERATURE MITIGATION QUALITY |
| Issue Date | Jul-2023 |
| Publisher | FRONTIERS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING |
| Abstract | Air pollution has been a severe issue in China. Exposure to PM2.5 has adverse health effects and causes economic losses. This study investigated the economic impact of exposure to PM2.5 pollution using monthly city-level data covering 88.5 million urban employees in 2016 and 2017. This study mainly focused on three expenditure indicators to measure the economic impact considering lower respiratory infections (LRIs), coronary heart disease (CHD), and stroke. The results show that a 10 mu g/m(3) increase in PM2.5 would cause total monthly expenses of LRIs, CHD, and stroke to increase by 0.226%, 0.237%, and 0.374%, respectively. We also found that LRI, CHD, and stroke hospital admissions increased significantly by 10%, 8.42%, and 5.64%, respectively. Furthermore, the total hospital stays of LRIs, CHDs, and strokes increased by 2.49%, 2. 51%, and 1.64%, respectively. Our findings also suggest heterogeneous impacts of PM2.5 exposures by sex and across regions, but no statistical evidence shows significant differences between the older and younger adult subgroups. Our results provide several policy implications for reducing unequal public health expenditures in overpolluted countries. (c) Higher Education Press 2023 |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/672085 |
| ISSN | 2095-2201 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11783-023-1690-4 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) |
| Appears in Collections: | 公共卫生学院 |
