The impact of ambient air pollution on hospital admissions, length of stay and hospital costs for patients with diabetes mellitus and comorbid respiratory diseases in Panzhihua, Southwest China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is limited evidence on association between air pollutants and hospital admissions, hospital cost and length of stay (LOS) among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and comorbid respiratory diseases (RD), especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with low levels of air pollution.

Methods

Daily data on RD-DM patients were collected in Panzhihua from 2016 to 2020. A generalised additive model (GAM) was used to explore the effect of air pollutants on daily hospital admissions, LOS and hospital cost. Attributable risk was employed to estimate RD-DM's burden due to exceeding air pollution exposure, using both 0 microgrammes per cubic metre (μg/m³) and WHO's 2021 air quality guidelines as reference.

Results

For each 10 ug/m³

SUBMITTER: Li X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10570759 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature