Carbon footprint of the Chinese healthcare service: An environmentally extended input–output analysis
These findings highlighted the substantial GHG emission contributions in China from public hospitals, especially tertiary hospitals, procurement activities, Internal Medicine Departments, and specific diseases in the carbon footprint. The findings provided robust scientific evidence for formulating strategies to reduce carbon emissions within the healthcare service in China and will also have implications for other countries.
Authors
- Xin Jin
- Peng Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-3427)
- Shilu Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9579-6889)
- Yonghong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5534-1644)
- Rui Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2968-0682)
- Rui Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-1199)
- Juan Liang
- Xiaoyuan Yao
Institutions
- Nanjing Normal University (CN)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004738
- Primary Topic
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00