Environnement, Risques & Santé
MENUEvaluation of the cost of air pollution to the French health care system Volume 14, issue 2, Mars-Avril 2015
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2 Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Sorbonne Universités
UMRS 1136
IPLESP : EPAR
27, rue de Chaligny
75012 Paris
France
Sorbonne Universités
UMRS 1136
IPLESP : EPAR
27, rue de Chaligny
75012 Paris
France
3 Centre de pneumologie Cochin Hôtel Dieu
H.I.A. du Val de Grâce
74, boulevard de Port Royal
75005 Paris
France
H.I.A. du Val de Grâce
74, boulevard de Port Royal
75005 Paris
France
4 Fondation du souffle contre les maladies respiratoires
66, boulevard Saint-Michel
75006 Paris
France
66, boulevard Saint-Michel
75006 Paris
France
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- Key words: air pollution, cost of illness, health care costs, public health
- DOI : 10.1684/ers.2015.0769
- Page(s) : 135-50
- Published in: 2015
The total cost is in the range of € 1 to 2 billion/year. This value is 15% to 31% of the total 2012 deficit of the health insurance branch of the general social security system (€ 5.5 billion). These figures are much higher than the generally accepted values.