Identifying Environmental Impact Factors for Sustainable Healthcare: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The healthcare industry has a substantial impact on the environment through its use of resources, waste generation and pollution. To manage and reduce its impact, it is essential to measure the pressures of healthcare activities on the environment. However, research on factors that can support these measurement activities is unbalanced and scattered. In order to address this issue, a scoping review was conducted with the aims of (i) identifying and organizing factors that have been used to measure environmental impact in healthcare practice and (ii) analyzing the overview of impact factors in order to identify research gaps. The review identified 46 eligible articles publishing 360 impact factors from original research in PubMed and EBSCO databases. These factors related to a variety of he

SUBMITTER: Sijm-Eeken M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10531011 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature