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HealthcareLCA: an open-access living database of health-care environmental impact assessments
journal contribution
posted on 2023-06-10, 05:46 authored by Jonathan Drew, Sean D Christie, Daniel Rainham, Chantelle RizanChantelle RizanAnthropogenic environmental change negatively effects human health and is increasing health-care system demand. Paradoxically, the provision of health care, which itself is a substantial contributor to environmental degradation, is compounding this problem. There is increasing willingness to transition towards sustainable health-care systems globally and ensuring that strategy and action are informed by best available evidence is imperative. In this Personal View, we present an interactive, open-access database designed to support this effort. Functioning as a living repository of environmental impact assessments within health care, the HealthcareLCA database collates 152 studies, predominantly peer-reviewed journal articles, into one centralised and publicly accessible location, providing impact estimates (currently totalling 3671 numerical values) across 1288 health-care products and processes. The database brings together research generated over the past two decades and indicates exponential field growth.
History
Publication status
- Published
File Version
- Published version
Journal
Lancet Planet HealthISSN
2542-5196Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
Issue
12Volume
6Page range
e1000-e1012Event location
NetherlandsDepartment affiliated with
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine Publications
Full text available
- Yes
Peer reviewed?
- Yes