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Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data
Measuring the health benefits of air quality improvement is a new perspective for evaluating government investment in pollution control. Improving air quality can reduce the burden on medical insurance funds and patients themselves; however, patients with higher reimbursement rates are more affected...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8927649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.855457 |
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author | Li, Ding Xiao, Han Ma, Shuang Zhang, Jiangxue |
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description | Measuring the health benefits of air quality improvement is a new perspective for evaluating government investment in pollution control. Improving air quality can reduce the burden on medical insurance funds and patients themselves; however, patients with higher reimbursement rates are more affected by air quality changes. This study calculated health benefits using medical insurance reimbursement data from a sample city in China. The results show that for every 10 μg/m3 decrease in PM2.5, patients' average medical cost will decrease by CNY 1,699 (USD 263.6), and the loss of ordinary working and living time will decrease by 1.24 days. PM2.5 has a more significant impact on patients with chronic respiratory diseases and inpatients with circulatory diseases. Suppose the city's annual PM2.5 concentration drops to the national standard of 35 μg/m(3). In that case, it will bring more than CNY 1.28 billion (USD 198 million) in health benefits, accounting for 18% of the city's annual investment in environmental protection. |
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spelling | pubmed-89276492022-03-18 Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data Li, Ding Xiao, Han Ma, Shuang Zhang, Jiangxue Front Public Health Public Health Measuring the health benefits of air quality improvement is a new perspective for evaluating government investment in pollution control. Improving air quality can reduce the burden on medical insurance funds and patients themselves; however, patients with higher reimbursement rates are more affected by air quality changes. This study calculated health benefits using medical insurance reimbursement data from a sample city in China. The results show that for every 10 μg/m3 decrease in PM2.5, patients' average medical cost will decrease by CNY 1,699 (USD 263.6), and the loss of ordinary working and living time will decrease by 1.24 days. PM2.5 has a more significant impact on patients with chronic respiratory diseases and inpatients with circulatory diseases. Suppose the city's annual PM2.5 concentration drops to the national standard of 35 μg/m(3). In that case, it will bring more than CNY 1.28 billion (USD 198 million) in health benefits, accounting for 18% of the city's annual investment in environmental protection. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8927649/ /pubmed/35309228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.855457 Text en Copyright © 2022 Li, Xiao, Ma and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Li, Ding Xiao, Han Ma, Shuang Zhang, Jiangxue Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title | Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title_full | Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title_fullStr | Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title_full_unstemmed | Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title_short | Health Benefits of Air Quality Improvement: Empirical Research Based on Medical Insurance Reimbursement Data |
title_sort | health benefits of air quality improvement: empirical research based on medical insurance reimbursement data |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8927649/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309228 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.855457 |
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