A systematic review of financial implications of air pollution on health in Asia.
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
; 25(30): 30009-30020, 2018 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-30187406
ABSTRACT
Economic losses due to health-related implications of air pollution were huge and incurred significant burdens towards healthcare providers. The objective of this study is to systematically review published literature on the financial implications of air pollution on health in Asia. Four databases PubMed, Scopus, NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHS EED), and Web of Science (WoS) were used to identify all the relevant articles. It was limited to all articles that had been published in the respected databases from January 2007 until March 2017. Twenty-four articles were included in this review. Five of the 24 studies (20.8%) reported financial implications of air pollution-related disease through value of statistical life (VOSL) which ranged from USD180 million to USD2.2 billion, six (25%) studies used cost of illness (COI) to evaluate air pollution-related morbidity and found that the cost ranged from USD5.4 million to USD9.1 billion. Another six studies (25%) used a combination of VOSL and COI for both mortality and morbidity valuation and found that the financial implications ranging from USD253 million to USD2.9 billion. Thirteen (54.2%) studies reported healthcare cost associated with both hospital admission and outpatient visit, five (20.1%) on hospital admission only, and one (4.2%) on outpatient visit only. Economic impacts of air pollution can be huge with significant deterioration of health among the Asians.
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ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Avaliacao_economica
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Financiamentos_gastos
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Saúde
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Poluição do Ar
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Systematic_reviews
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
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TOXICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Malásia