2023
Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Lee W, Wu X, Heo S, Kim J, Fong K, Son J, Sabath M, Trisovic A, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Al-Aly Z, Bell M. Air Pollution and Acute Kidney Injury in the U.S. Medicare Population: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 047008. PMID: 37036790, PMCID: PMC10084931, DOI: 10.1289/ehp10729.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute kidney injuryFirst hospital admissionLongitudinal cohort studyHospital admissionKidney injuryCohort studyHazard ratioPopulation-based longitudinal cohort studyU.S. Medicare populationYears of ageAir pollution exposureNationwide Medicare dataPublic health policyCurrent National Ambient Air Quality StandardHealth care expendituresKidney functionDisease burdenMedicare populationMedicare dataLong-term exposureAdmissionPollution exposureHealth policyCare expendituresEffect estimates
2022
Associations between long term air pollution exposure and first hospital admission for kidney and total urinary system diseases in the US Medicare population: nationwide longitudinal cohort study
Lee W, Wu X, Heo S, Fong K, Son J, Sabath M, Braun D, Park J, Kim Y, Lee J, Schwartz J, Kim H, Dominici F, Bell M. Associations between long term air pollution exposure and first hospital admission for kidney and total urinary system diseases in the US Medicare population: nationwide longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Medicine 2022, 1: e000009. PMID: 36936557, PMCID: PMC10012859, DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2021-000009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChronic kidney diseaseFirst hospital admissionUrinary system diseasesNationwide longitudinal cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyHospital admissionSystem diseasesTotal kidneyCohort studyHazard ratioMedicare populationLong-term air pollution exposureSecondary outcome measuresPpb increaseUS Medicare populationZip codesAir pollution exposureKidney outcomesFirst admissionKidney diseaseDiagnosis codesNational HealthOutcome measuresMedicare feeUrinary system