The short-term effects of air pollution on respiratory disease hospitalizations in 5 cities in Poland: comparison of time-series and case-crossover analyses.

Very few publications have compared different study designs investigating the short-term effects of air pollutants on healthcare visits and hospitalizations for respiratory tract diseases. This study describes, using two different study designs (a case-crossover design and a time-series analysis), the association of air pollutants and respiratory disease hospitalizations. The study has been conducted on 5 cities in Poland on a timeline of almost 4 years.

Correction to: Impact of air pollution on hospital admissions with a focus on respiratory diseases: a time-series multi-city analysis.

All measurements in the paper are to be understood as expressed in mg/m3.

Impact of air pollution on hospital admissions with a focus on respiratory diseases: a time-series multi-city analysis.

Together with the growing availability of data from electronic records from healthcare providers and healthcare systems, an assessment of associations between different environmental parameters (e.g., pollution levels and meteorological data) and hospitalizations, morbidity, and mortality has become possible.