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Climate variability and infectious diseases nexus: Evidence from Sweden
Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3581-4704
Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
2017 (English)In: Infectious Disease Modelling, ISSN 2468-0427, Vol. 2, no 2, p. 203-217Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Many studies on the link between climate variability and infectious diseases are based on biophysical experiments, do not account for socio-economic factors and with little focus on developed countries. This study examines the effect of climate variability and socio-economic variables on infectious diseases using data from all 21 Swedish counties. Employing static and dynamic modelling frameworks, we observe that temperature has a linear negative effect on the number of patients. The relationship between winter temperature and the number of patients is non-linear and “U” shaped in the static model. Conversely, a positive effect of precipitation on the number of patients is found, with modest heterogeneity in the effect of climate variables on the number of patients across disease classifications observed. The effect of education and number of health personnel explain the number of patients in a similar direction (negative), while population density and immigration drive up reported cases. Income explains this phenomenon non-linearly. In the dynamic setting, we found significant persistence in the number of infectious and parasitic-diseased patients, with temperature and income observed as the only significant drivers.

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KeAi Publishing , 2017. Vol. 2, no 2, p. 203-217
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Climate variability, Infectious diseases, Sweden
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Climate Science Environmental Sciences Economics Infectious Medicine
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-88382DOI: 10.1016/j.idm.2017.03.003PubMedID: 29928737Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85054570051Libris ID: 19576172OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-88382DiVA, id: diva2:1619597
Available from: 2021-12-13 Created: 2021-12-13 Last updated: 2025-02-01Bibliographically approved

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