Transactions of the International Conference on Health Information Technology Advancement

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Article

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Publication Date

11-2019

Abstract

Stroke, the most frequent cause of severe disability and the second cause of death among adults in the world, brings tremendous mental and economic burden to patients and their families. Emerging evidence indicates that the air pollution mixture contributes to strokes. Knowing the relationship between the air pollution and the hospital costs of stroke can help us predict the costs due to air pollution, provide grounds for the allocation of medical insurance funds, and provide better working arrangements for CDC. However, few studies have examined this connection. We used time series analysis with a generalized additive model to estimate the associations between ambient air pollutions and hospital costs between the period of 2015–2017. We were surprised to find that although same-day air pollutions were positively associated with stroke mortality hospital costs were found to have a negatively association. Suggestive evidence of an association between fine particles and the costs of stroke were found: more serious air pollution increases the risk of stroke, but has a dampening effect on hospital costs. This study is the first step in optimizing medical resources, which is essential for policy making, service planning, and cost-effectiveness analysis of new therapeutic strategies.

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