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The contemporaneous healthcare cost of particulate matter pollution for youth and older adult populations

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  • Boggiano, Barbara
  • Williams Higgins, Melisa
  • Matheson, Jesse
  • Jenkins, David
  • Oggioni, Marco R.
Abstract
This paper estimates the impact of particulate matter pollutants, measured by PM10 levels, on public healthcare costs for youth and older adult populations using administrative data from two large UK hospitals and exploiting spatial and temporal variation in PM10 levels. We find that patient enrolment increases when their neighborhood experiences higher levels of PM10. Specifically, a standard deviation increase in PM10 levels increases the enrolment of patients aged 60 years and older by 6.2% and the enrolment of patients under 18 years of age by 3.1%. Using detailed costing information, we estimate that a standard deviation increase in PM10 increases public healthcare costs by £873,985.20 per year in the municipality studied.

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  • Boggiano, Barbara & Williams Higgins, Melisa & Matheson, Jesse & Jenkins, David & Oggioni, Marco R., 2024. "The contemporaneous healthcare cost of particulate matter pollution for youth and older adult populations," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:125:y:2024:i:c:s0095069624000688
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2024.102994
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    Keywords

    Pollution; Public healthcare costs; Hospital use;
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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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