Effect of environmental exposure on the economic burden of influenza and pneumonia: case study of a cold industrial city in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exposure to air pollutants and low temperatures significantly impacts respiratory health. However, quantitative evidence on the economic burden attributable to these environmental exposures. This study aims to quantify the impact of air pollutants and temperature on hospitalization costs for influenza and pneumonia in Changchun, a representative cold industrial city in China.

Methods

We analyzed inpatient data (2017-2020) for influenza and pneumonia from major hospitals, alongside daily meteorological and air pollutant data. Generalized Additive Models (GAM) and Distributed Lag Non-linear Models (DLNM) were employed to assess the associations of pollutant concentrations and temperature with hospitalization costs, respectively, while controlling for confounding fac

SUBMITTER: Jia H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12822176 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature