Degrees and dollars - Health costs associated with suboptimal ambient temperature exposure.

ABSTRACT: Suboptimal ambient temperature exposure significantly affects public health. Previous studies have primarily focused on risk assessment, with few examining the health outcomes from an economic perspective. To inform environmental health policies, we estimated the economic costs of health outcomes associated with suboptimal temperature in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. We used a distributed lag nonlinear model to estimate attributable fractions/cases for mortality, emergency department visits, and emergency hospitalizations at various suboptimal temperature levels. The analyses were stratified by age group (i.e., youth (0-19 years), adult (20-64 years), and senior (65+ years)). We considered both direct medical costs and loss of productivity during economic cost ass

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10184024 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature