Chen Chin-Shyan, Chan Yun-Shan, Liu Tsai-Ching
Department of Economics, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
Int J Environ Health Res. 2022 Jun;32(6):1337-1343. doi: 10.1080/09603123.2021.1879740. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
The risks of tracheitis have been widely studied, but no investigation has yet to assess the impact of air pollutants on tracheitis hospital admissions. This research explores the relationship between Asia dust storm (ADS) and tracheitis hospital admissions, by using a Poisson time-series model on the 2000-2012 National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRB) from Taiwan and linking air pollutants and temperature data. From a total of 126,013 tracheitis hospital admissions, the average number of daily tracheitis hospital admissions is 26.53 and increases 10% notably one day after ADS. The empirical result shows that ADS does significantly affect tracheitis hospital admissions 3 and 5 days after an event for the overall sample and 2-4 days after it for females. For the age group <45, the number significantly increases 3-4 days after ADS, revealing that ADS has a prolonged effect on tracheitis hospital admissions.
气管炎的风险已得到广泛研究，但尚未有调查评估空气污染物对气管炎住院率的影响。本研究通过对台湾2000 - 2012年国民健康保险研究数据库（NHIRB）使用泊松时间序列模型，并结合空气污染物和温度数据，探讨亚洲沙尘暴（ADS）与气管炎住院率之间的关系。在总共126,013例气管炎住院病例中，每日气管炎住院的平均人数为26.53，在ADS发生后的一天显著增加了10%。实证结果表明，对于总体样本，ADS在事件发生后的第3天和第5天对气管炎住院率有显著影响，对于女性则在事件发生后的第2 - 4天有显著影响。对于年龄小于45岁的人群，在ADS发生后的第3 - 4天，人数显著增加，表明ADS对气管炎住院率有长期影响。
