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Evidence of the adverse effects of air pollution on the population's health in Spain: analysis of the economic costs of premature deaths
This study explores the relation between mortality rates and particulate matter (PM) concentrations in the 50 Spanish regions for the period 2002-2017. Moreover, we estimated the premature deaths due to PM in Spain according to welfare and production losses in 2017. Random-effects models were developed to evaluate the relation between mortality rates and PM concentrations. The economic cost of premature deaths was assessed using the Willingness to Pay approach to quantify welfare losses and the Human Capital method to estimate production losses. PM10 concentrations are positively related to mortality due to respiratory dis...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - August 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Bruno Casal Berta Rivera Luis Currais Source Type: research
Impact of the Health Gym Program on hospital admissions for stroke in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Health Gym Program (HGP) on hospital admissions for stroke in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. This policy impact evaluation used a quasi-experimental approach consisting of a difference-in-differences estimator, weighted by propensity score matching to deal with potential confounding variables. The study comprised socioeconomic, demographic, and epidemiological data from official Brazilian databases from 2010 to 2019. The treatment group was composed of the 134 municipalities that implemented the HGP since 2011. The 51 municipalities that did not were allocated to the compari...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - February 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Fl ávio Renato Barros da Guarda B árbara Letícia Silvestre Rodrigues Rafaela Niels da Silva Shirlley Jackllanny Martins de Faria Paloma Beatriz Costa Silva Redmilson Elias da Silva J únior Da íze Kelly da Silva Feitosa Nana Kwame Anokye Peter C Coyte Source Type: research
