Xue-Qing Zeng

Short-term lagged exposure to ambient air pollutants and hospitalization costs among AMI patients: health-economic evidence from a low-pollution Chinese city with DRG/DIP standardized medical payment

Background Ambient air pollution poses substantial cardiovascular health and economic burdens worldwide, yet existing evidence largely focuses on high-pollution regions and clinical endpoints such as incidence or mortality. Few studies have quantified air pollution-attributable hospitalization costs for acute myocardia...