Journal article
Estimating the Health and Economic Impacts of Changes in Local Air Quality
American journal of public health (1971), Vol.108(2), pp.S151-S157
04/01/2018
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304252
PMCID: PMC5922206
PMID: 29698094
Abstract
Objectives. To demonstrate the benefits-mapping software Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program-Community Edition (BenMAP-CE), which integrates local air quality data with previously published concentration-response and health-economic valuation functions to estimate the health effects of changes in air pollution levels and their economic consequences.
Methods. We illustrate a local health impact assessment of ozone changes in the 10-county nonattainment area of the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas, estimating the short-term effects on mortality predicted by 2 scenarios for 3 years (2008, 2011, and 2013): an incremental rollback of the daily 8-hour maximum ozone levels of all area monitors by 10 parts per billion and a rollback-to-a-standard ambient level of 65 parts per billion at only monitors above that level.
Results. Estimates of preventable premature deaths attributable to ozone air pollution obtained by the incremental rollback method varied little by year, whereas those obtained by the rollback-to-a-standard method varied by year and were sensitive to the choice of ordinatity and the use of preloaded or imported data.
Conclusions. BenMAP-CE allows local and regional public health analysts to generate timely, evidence-based estimates of the health impacts and economic consequences of potential policy options in their communities.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Estimating the Health and Economic Impacts of Changes in Local Air Quality
- Creators
- Martha L. Carvour - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterAmy E. Hughes - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterNeal Fann - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterRobert W. Haley - The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of public health (1971), Vol.108(2), pp.S151-S157
- Publisher
- Amer Public Health Assoc Inc
- DOI
- 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304252
- PMID
- 29698094
- PMCID
- PMC5922206
- ISSN
- 0090-0036
- eISSN
- 1541-0048
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- R25 CA57712 / University of Texas School of Public Health Cancer Education and Career Development Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH) R25CA057712 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/2018
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984359797202771
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