Measuring environmentally sustainable health care: a scoping review

IF 24.1 1区医学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Lancet Planetary Health Pub Date : 2024-09-01 DOI:10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00162-1

Michael Padget PhD , Anitha Devadason MPH , Iris Blom MSc , Guilhem Molinie MPH , Wynne Armand MD , Ann-Christine Duhaime MD , Jodi D Sherman MD , Jonathan Slutzman MD , Dionne Kringos PhD

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Abstract

Work to reduce environmental pollution from the health system is hampered by an absence of consensus on the definition of environmentally sustainable health care and the relevant measurement needed. This scoping review aims to encourage standardisation across sustainability efforts by examining how environmentally sustainable health care is defined and measured in current literature. We conducted a scoping review to identify candidate publications that included either a definition or description of environmentally sustainable health care or a measurement of the impact of health care on the environment. 328 publications were included in the final analysis. 52 publications included definitions or descriptions of environmentally sustainable health care. Results of the study highlight the heterogeneity in the current definition, measurement, and measurement calculation methods of environmentally sustainable health care in published literature. Work is needed to create more harmonised definitions and measurement to support progress and reduce environmental pollution from health care.

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衡量环境可持续的医疗保健：范围界定审查

由于对环境可持续医疗的定义和所需的相关衡量标准缺乏共识，减少医疗系统环境污染的工作受到了阻碍。本范围界定综述旨在通过研究当前文献中对环境可持续医疗的定义和测量方法，鼓励可持续发展工作的标准化。我们进行了一次范围审查，以确定包含环境可持续医疗定义或描述或医疗对环境影响测量的候选出版物。最终分析包括 328 篇出版物。52 篇出版物包含了环境可持续医疗的定义或描述。研究结果表明，在已发表的文献中，目前对环境可持续医疗的定义、测量和测量计算方法存在差异。需要努力创造更加统一的定义和测量方法，以支持医疗保健的进步并减少环境污染。

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Lancet Planetary Health Multiple-

CiteScore

28.40

自引率

2.30%

发文量

272

审稿时长

8 weeks

期刊介绍： The Lancet Planetary Health is a gold Open Access journal dedicated to investigating and addressing the multifaceted determinants of healthy human civilizations and their impact on natural systems. Positioned as a key player in sustainable development, the journal covers a broad, interdisciplinary scope, encompassing areas such as poverty, nutrition, gender equity, water and sanitation, energy, economic growth, industrialization, inequality, urbanization, human consumption and production, climate change, ocean health, land use, peace, and justice. With a commitment to publishing high-quality research, comment, and correspondence, it aims to be the leading journal for sustainable development in the face of unprecedented dangers and threats.