Greenhouse gas emissions associated with severe asthma care in the United Kingdom.

• Tác giả: Liam G Heaney, Mina Khezrian, Andrew N Menzies-Gow, Soram Patel, Jennifer K Quint, Eleni Rapsomaniki, Kirsty Rhodes, Hitasha Rupani, Trung N Tran, Alex Wilkinson
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: United States : The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 643914

Tóm tắt

BACKGROUND: The COP28 Declaration on Climate and Health promotes steps to curb emissions and reduce waste in the health sector. OBJECTIVE: To describe and quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with severe asthma (SA) care in the UK, by carbon source and transition status from SA to severe uncontrolled asthma (SUA) and/or regular specialist care (RSC). METHODS: This was a cohort study using routinely collected data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum, Hospital Episode Statistics and CO RESULTS: Total CO CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that RSC not only improves patient outcomes but also reduces GHG emissions in line with aims to reduce the health sector's contribution to the total national carbon footprint.