TY - JOUR
T1 - The Inclusion of Comparative Environmental Impact in Health Technology Assessment
T2 - Practical Barriers and Unintended Consequences
AU - Pekarsky, Brita A.K.
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - As health sector professionals, scientists and academics, we recognise that the health sector must contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction targets. Audits of the health sector show that, in addition to the “usual suspects” (power, transport and waste), anaesthetic gases and propellants in metered dose inhalers are contributors to health sector GHG emissions [1, 2]. Furthermore, health services and technologies differ in their GHG profiles, therefore decisions between options can have implications for the health sector’s GHG emissions.
AB - As health sector professionals, scientists and academics, we recognise that the health sector must contribute to greenhouse gas (GHG) emission-reduction targets. Audits of the health sector show that, in addition to the “usual suspects” (power, transport and waste), anaesthetic gases and propellants in metered dose inhalers are contributors to health sector GHG emissions [1, 2]. Furthermore, health services and technologies differ in their GHG profiles, therefore decisions between options can have implications for the health sector’s GHG emissions.
KW - health sector
KW - greenhouse gas emission reduction
KW - GHG
KW - anaesthetic gases
KW - health sector GHG emissions
KW - comparative environmental impact
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084492078&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40258-020-00578-5
DO - 10.1007/s40258-020-00578-5
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 32377983
AN - SCOPUS:85084492078
SN - 1175-5652
VL - 18
SP - 597
EP - 599
JO - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
JF - Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
IS - 5
ER -