Estimating the costs of air pollution to the National Health Service and social care: An assessment and forecast up to 2035.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air pollution damages health by promoting the onset of some non-communicable diseases (NCDs), putting additional strain on the National Health Service (NHS) and social care. This study quantifies the total health and related NHS and social care cost burden due to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) in England.

Method and findings

Air pollutant concentration surfaces from land use regression models and cost data from hospital admissions data and a literature review were fed into a microsimulation model, that was run from 2015 to 2035. Different scenarios were modelled: (1) baseline 'no change' scenario; (2) individuals' pollutant exposure is reduced to natural (non-anthropogenic) levels to compute the disease cases attributable to PM2.5 and N

SUBMITTER: Pimpin L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6039053 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature