PM2.5 and hospitalizations through the emergency department in people with disabilities: a nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea
Jinah Park, Ayoung Kim, Michelle L Bell, Ziyad Al-Aly, Seoyeong Ahn, Sooyoung Kim, Dohoon Kwon, Cinoo Kang, Jieun Oh, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee · 2024
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Jinah Park and co-authors study how fine air pollution affects emergency hospital visits among people with disabilities in South Korea. Tiny particles called PM2.5 are known to harm hearts and lungs, but their toll on disabled people was largely unmeasured. The team used seven years of national health insurance records, from 2015 to 2021.
The analysis covered more than nine hundred thousand emergency admissions among people with disabilities. Each standard rise in particle levels raised the odds of an emergency admission by about four percent for disabled people, against about two percent for others. People with mental or intellectual disabilities and brain lesion disorders faced the highest risks. Admissions for heart and urinary conditions stood out as especially pollution-sensitive in the disabled group. The authors argue for protection plans tuned to this population, including warning systems that trigger at lower pollution levels for those most at risk.
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| CREATOR | Jinah Park, Ayoung Kim, Michelle L Bell, Ziyad Al-Aly, Seoyeong Ahn, Sooyoung Kim, Dohoon Kwon, Cinoo Kang, Jieun Oh, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |