Demand for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement Interventions

Osiolo, Helen Hoka; Kimuyu, Peter

doi:10.1007/s41247-017-0029-9

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“…Their model provides an easy-to-interpret measure of the composition of the fully observed sample with respect to unobservable variables. Osiolo and Kimuyu ( 43 ) also studied the intervention measures of indoor air pollution using the Heckman sample selection model. Therefore, we used the Heckman two-stage model to reduce bias in the results caused by sample selection in medical expenses.…”

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Impact of Air Pollution on Residents' Medical Expenses: A Study Based on the Survey Data of 122 Cities in China

Liu

Wang

2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: With the development of the social economy, air pollution has resulted in increased social costs. Medical costs and health issues due to air pollution are important aspects of environmental governance in various countries.Methods: This study uses daily air pollution monitoring data from 122 cities in China to empirically investigate the impact of air pollution on residents' medical expenses using the Heckman two-stage and instrumental variable methods, matching data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) survey.Results: The study found that poor air quality, measured by the air quality index (AQI), significantly increased the probability of chronic lung disease, heart disease, and self-rated poor health. Additionally, the AQI (with an effect of 4.51%) significantly impacted health-seeking behavior and medical expenses. The medical expenditure effects of mild, moderate, severe, and serious pollution days were 3.27, 7.21, 8.62, and 42.66%, respectively.Conclusion: In the long run, residents' health in areas with a higher air pollution index, indicating poor air quality, is negatively impacted. The more extreme the pollution, the higher the probability of residents' medical treatment and the subsequent increase in medical expenses. Group and regional heterogeneity also play a role in the impact of air pollution on medical expenses. Compared with the existing literature, this study is based on individuals aged 15 years and above and produces reliable research conclusions.

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Impact of Air Pollution on Residents' Medical Expenses: A Study Based on the Survey Data of 122 Cities in China

Liu

Wang

2021

Front. Public Health

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“…In a recent study, Karanja and Gasparatos (2019) recommended organized policy support and stakeholder involvement to scale up clean stove adoption. Furthermore, some studies (Osiolo and Kimuyu, 2017;Mbaka et al, 2019;Dida et al, 2022) proposed that the government of Kenya should prioritize increasing people's income, proper ventilation, and educational levels as HAP abatement interventions.…”

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A review on household air pollution and biomass use over Kenya

Shilenje¹,

Maloba²,

Ongoma³

2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Household air pollution (HAP) causes multiple noncommunicable diseases, such as pneumonia, stroke, and ischemic heart disease, and is responsible for over 3.8 million deaths globally per year. Kenya has a high rate of HAP, mainly caused by solid fuels. This review assesses its effect and identifies factors that could improve policy in Kenya. A systematic review approach is used, mainly considering 88 research articles on the Web of Science, published from 1951 to 2022. We excluded studies on HAP caused by other forms of fuel, subjective study types, and studies focusing on animals. The results show that rural settings and urban slums have more HAP, ventilation is an important factor, HAP is high in the evening, and children and women health is significantly affected. There is a need for interventions to reduce the use of biomass fuels in Kenya. The interventions include improved access to efficient cookstoves with ventilation, community health awareness about ventilation, housing rules for better ventilation in rural and urban areas, and NGO partnership for improving access to improved cookstoves in rural areas. The government’s role includes subsidizing the supply and cost of renewable energy and adopting energy policies that encourage populations to switch to more efficient cookstoves, cleaner energy, and modern biofuels.

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Demand for Indoor Air Pollution Abatement Interventions

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Impact of Air Pollution on Residents' Medical Expenses: A Study Based on the Survey Data of 122 Cities in China

Impact of Air Pollution on Residents' Medical Expenses: A Study Based on the Survey Data of 122 Cities in China

A review on household air pollution and biomass use over Kenya

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