The macroeconomic burden of noncommunicable diseases associated with air pollution in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While a few studies have tried to estimate the economic burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) associated with air pollution, most previous studies have methodological limitations. For example, neither the cost of illness approach nor the value of a statistical life approach accounts for economic adjustment mechanisms (i.e., they do not include substitution of labor lost due to an illness with capital or other workers), and neither approach considers disease impact on physical and human capital. Furthermore, since new evidence shows that air pollution is also linked to diabetes, previous studies did not estimate the economic costs of diabetes associated with air pollution. The total economic costs of NCDs associated with air pollution under a comprehensive framework t

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472813 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature