NDLI: A Method to Assess the Potential Effects of Air Pollution Mitigation on Healthcare Costs

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Author	Bjørn, Sætterstrøm Kruse, Marie Brønnum-hansen, Henrik Hjort, Bønløkke Jakob Flachs, Esben Meulengracht Sørensen, Jan
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Objective. The aim of this study was to develop a method to assess the potential effects of air pollution mitigation on healthcare costs and to apply this method to assess the potential savings related to a reduction in fine particle matter in Denmark. Methods. The effects of air pollution on health were used to identify “exposed” individuals (i.e., cases). Coronary heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and lung cancer were considered to be associated with air pollution. We used propensity score matching, two-part estimation, and Lin's method to estimate healthcare costs. Subsequently, we multiplied the number of saved cases due to mitigation with the healthcare costs to arrive to an expression for healthcare cost savings. Results. The potential cost saving in the healthcare system arising from a modelled reduction in air pollution was estimated at €0.1–2.6 million per 100,000 inhabitants for the four diseases. Conclusion. We have illustrated an application of a method to assess the potential changes in healthcare costs due to a reduction in air pollution. The method relies on a large volume of administrative data and combines a number of established methods for epidemiological analysis.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/935825
Starting Page	935825
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16879805
e-ISSN	16879813
Journal	Journal of Environmental and Public Health
Volume Number	2012
Language	English
Publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publisher Date	2012-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Subject Keyword	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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