Assessment of Economic Loss Due to Health Impact of Air Pollution in City of Liaoning Province
- VernacularTitle:辽宁城市大气污染造成的居民健康损失及其货币化估计
- Author:
Zhaoyi XU
;
Fujie JIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Evaluation studies;
Air pollution;
Health impact;
Monetary estimation
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1992;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective As part of the basic for cost-benefit assessment in decision for environmental protection measures, health benefit from improvement of air pollution was provided through this study. Methods According to the results from many well-done studies of local, domestic, and international authoritative institutions on relationship of air pollution and health impact, E-R functions (Exposure-Response) in terms of total mortality and morbidity of respiratory diseases from acute and chronic effects associated with increase of unit air pollutants (each 100 ?g/m3 TSP and 10 ?g/m3 SO2) were identified. As a real practice, the excess (avoidable) number of deaths and patients of respiratory diseases associated with 100 ?g/m3 TSP and 10 ?g/m3 SO2 of air pollution were estimated for Fushun City in year of 2000. The costs of medical treatment, as well as the payment for labor days were investigated. The direct and indirect economic losses from corresponding diseases were calculated. As for the estimation of economic loss from excess deaths, three methods of evaluation were applied, i.e. labor capital method; value of statistics life (VOSL), namely the method of willing to pay (WTP); and value of life year (VOLY). Results The total economic benefit combined from above aspects resulting from decreasing 100 ?g/m3 TSP ranges over 1.4 hundred millions-3.4 hundred millions yuan, accounting for 0.75%-1.95% of total product value (GDP) of Fushun City in year of 2000. Methods and indices of monetary estimation for health impact of air pollution adapted to Liaoning city was suggested. As the author's point of view, the third method of VOLY was preferable, by which, 1.48 hundred millions yuan benefit was estimated, accounting for 0.85% of GDP. Conclusions Domestic E-R functions should be worked out for assessing economic loss due to environmental pullution.
