Theme | Example |
Concern about cardiovascular healthcare impacts on the environment | ‘cardiovascular drugs and lipid regulating agents have received not sufficient attention for their ecotoxicological implications and their environmental risks’13 ‘a novel approach was taken to map the link between healthcare and carbon emission associated with the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus.’12 |
Concern about climate change and its impact on human health | ‘There is overwhelming evidence to support the increasing concerns regarding the health of our planet…one could argue that the most pressing threat for humanity is climate change’19 ‘increasing greenhouse gas emissions has led to climate change, which directly impacts public health in many ways (such as air quality, malnutrition and vectorborne diseases)’18 |
Contextualisation of results to help readers understand meaning of results | ‘a standard 5-hour cardiac procedure yields the global warming equivalent of 9.9 days of the daily routine consumption of a French citizen’18 ‘resource use for a face-to-face conference lasting 2.5 days for 1374 attendees is equivalent to 400 times what an average person would use in one year, the climate change and photochemical ozone formation approximately 250 times …’19 ‘at present, the energy use of a 3 Tesla MRI scanner over a day (960 kWh/day) is similar to that of an average US household over a month (920 kWh/month)’8 |
Cobenefits: Cost savings Health and social benefits | ‘led to a sustained reduction in the ordering of expensive combined biochemical tests, saving an estimated £11 338 (or 13.5%) on biochemistry tests and around 17.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide across a 32-month follow-up period’15 ‘The use of LEAN methodology can reduce waste of PPE and plastic, resulting in cost savings while reducing staff exposure…and prevent cancellation of surgery’16 ‘an additional 240 mL of processed cell salvage blood was available for transfusion’17 ‘The remote monitoring pacemaker programme in the health district of our city has a very positive healthcare, social-occupational and environmental impact, which is manifested both from an objective point of view (greater independence, less time spent per appointment, less distance travelled, fewer healthcare transport needs, less workplace absenteeism by family members and approximately a 10% reduction in CO2 emissions per monitoring cycle) and a subjective point of view (lower impact of appointments on patients’ lives and greater perception of satisfaction from the patients and their companions).’10 |