Boggiano, B., Williams, M. orcid.org/0000-0002-0275-4995, Matheson, J. orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-8919 et al. (2 more authors) (2024) The contemporaneous healthcare cost of particulate matter pollution for youth and older adult populations. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125. 102994. ISSN 0095-0696
Abstract
This paper estimates the impact of particulate matter pollutants, measured by PM10 levels, on public healthcare costs for youth and older adult populations using administrative data from two large UK hospitals and exploiting spatial and temporal variation in PM10 levels. We find that patient enrolment increases when their neighborhood experiences higher levels of PM10. Specifically, a standard deviation increase in PM10 levels increases the enrolment of patients aged 60 years and older by 6.2% and the enrolment of patients under 18 years of age by 3.1%. Using detailed costing information, we estimate that a standard deviation increase in PM10 increases public healthcare costs by £873,985.20 per year in the municipality studied.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Pollution; Public healthcare costs; Hospital use |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 May 2024 08:21 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 13:30 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102994 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:212131 |