Health and economic impacts of ambient air pollution on hospital admissions for overall and specific cardiovascular diseases in Panzhihua, Southwestern China

Abstract

Background: (sulfur dioxide) on HAs for CVDs in Panzhihua, China, during 2016-2020, and calculated corresponding attributable risks and economic burden. Methods: We used a generalized additive model (GAM) while controlling for time trends, meteorological conditions, holidays, and days of the week to estimate the associations. The cost of illness (COI) method was adopted to further assess corresponding hospitalization costs and productivity losses. Results: brought 144.34 million Yuan economic losses for overall CVDs, accounting for 0.028% of local GDP. Conclusions: exposure might be an important trigger of HAs for CVDs and accounted for substantial morbidity and economic burden.