危险医疗废物处理系统的经济评估
Sahar Sharifi1, Kamyar Yaghmaeian1,2, Somayeh Golbaz1
1Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Scientific reports
|September 18, 2024
概括
医疗废物处理成本因医院类型而异. 一般医院在危险传染性废物处理上花费更多,这凸显了医院废物管理系统需要改进回收和成本控制的需要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 医疗废物处理系统 (HCWTS) 的有效管理对于减轻财务和环境风险至关重要.
- 对HCWTS的经济评估对于可持续的医疗保健业务至关重要,特别是在发展中国家.
- 了解废物产生率和处理成本可以为政策和运营改进提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 根据世界卫生组织的方法,对伊朗德黑兰43家医院HCWTS的危险传染性废物处理进行经济分析.
- 为了确定废物产生率和相关的处理成本.
- 确定影响这些成本的因素,并为成本控制提供建议.
主要方法:
- 基于世界卫生组织 (WHO) 的经济分析方法.
- 收集来自伊朗德黑兰43家医院HCWTS的数据.
- 统计分析,包括ANOVA,以评估医院特征对成本的影响.
主要成果:
- 总的医院废物产生平均为4.42公斤/活跃病床/天.
- 危险医疗废物的年度处理费用从79.9美元到118,000美元不等,每公斤的成本为0.3美元.
- 一般医院的年度治疗费用是专科医院的1.63倍;医院的年龄和绩效水平显著影响了成本.
结论:
- 医院类型,年龄和业绩显著影响医疗废物处理成本.
- 提高回收知识和实施来源分离的回收是控制HCWTS成本的关键策略.
- 研究结果为医院管理人员,特别是发展中国家的医院管理人员提供了宝贵的经济见解,以优化废物管理政策和降低开支.
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