HOW DOES OZONE POLLUTION IMPACT OUR ECONOMY

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HOW DOES OZONE POLLUTION IMPACT OUR ECONOMY?

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• David M. Mirvis
• The Center for Health Services Research
• University of Tennessee Health Science Center
• June 22, 2004

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First Main Conclusion
Health Matters
- D Bloom, 11/03
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Second Main Conclusion
Health Matters A Lot
- D Bloom, 11/03
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From Health to Wealth the Full Story

• Direct medical costs
• Productivity
• Indirect costs to the community

• Compliance/ penalty costs

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THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THE CLEAN AIR ACT 1990
AND 2010

• EPA Report to Congress
• November 1999
• Estimated cost savings expected from reductions
  in six air pollutants as required by Clean Air Act

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From Health to Wealth
Wealth

• Health

• Direct medical costs
• Inpatient care
• Emergency room care
• Outpatient care
• Clinician services
• Medications/lab service

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REDUCTIONS IN ADVERSE HEALTH EVENTS - 2010
Source EPA Report to Congress
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From Health to Wealth

• Productivity
• Premature death
• Absenteeism
• Presenteeism

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From Health to Wealth

• Productivity
• Premature death
• Absenteeism
• Presenteeism

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From Health to Wealth

• Productivity
• Premature death
• Absenteeism
• Presenteeism

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REDUCTIONS IN ADVERSE PRODUCTIVITY EVENTS - 2010
Source EPA Report to Congress
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From Health to Wealth

• Indirect costs to the community
• Education
• Investment
• Demographics

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From Health to Wealth

• Indirect costs to the community
• Education
• Investment
• Demographics

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Health to Wealth lots of oomph!!!
Saved 110 billion quality of life
education investment demographics .
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Health to Wealth lots of oomph!!!
A 10 year gain in life expectancy translates into
an additional 1 of annual income growth.
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Health to Wealth lots of oomph!!!
40 of the growth in economic productivity during
the last half of the 20th century was due to
improvements in health
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Health to Wealth lots of oomph!!!
Wealth

• Health

Possibility of virtuous spirals.
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Second Main Conclusion
Health Matters A Lot
- D Bloom, 11/03