Mexico
Project ongoing
National assessment of hospitalisations in Mexico due to exposure to PM2.5
We are using the administrative dataset of the public health services in Mexico, shared by the Central Bank of Mexico, to carry out the first national assessment of hospitalisations due to PM2.5 exposure in a developing country. We exploit quasi-random shocks in air pollution, caused by variations in the height of the planetary boundary layer across Mexican municipalities, to determine the causal impact of PM2.5 on the demand for hospital emergency services.
Our results indicate that a marginal increase in PM2.5 leads to a 2.3% increase in emergency room admission rates. This effect varies considerably between age groups and is mainly due to respiratory pathologies linked to air pollution, as well as a series of as yet unexplored health problems.
Piero Basaglia
piero.basaglia@u-bordeaux.fr
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