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: Received: 5 April 2024 / Approved: 7 April 2024 / Online: 8 April 2024 (10:06:28 CEST)
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Mermillod, B.; Tornare, R.; Ray, N.; Flahault, A. Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare in the Canton of Geneva and Reduction Scenarios for 2030 and 2040. Preprints2024, 2024040487. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0487.v1
Mermillod, B.; Tornare, R.; Ray, N.; Flahault, A. Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare in the Canton of Geneva and Reduction Scenarios for 2030 and 2040. Preprints 2024, 2024040487. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0487.v1
Mermillod, B.; Tornare, R.; Ray, N.; Flahault, A. Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare in the Canton of Geneva and Reduction Scenarios for 2030 and 2040. Preprints2024, 2024040487. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0487.v1
APA Style
Mermillod, B., Tornare, R., Ray, N., & Flahault, A. (2024). Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare in the Canton of Geneva and Reduction Scenarios for 2030 and 2040. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0487.v1
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Mermillod, B., Nicolas Ray and Antoine Flahault. 2024 "Estimating the Carbon Footprint of Healthcare in the Canton of Geneva and Reduction Scenarios for 2030 and 2040" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.0487.v1
Abstract
Switzerland, a wealthy country, has a cutting-edge healthcare system, yet per capita, it emits over one ton of CO2, ranking among the world's most polluting healthcare systems. To estimate the carbon footprint of the healthcare system of Geneva’s canton, we collected raw data on the activities of its stakeholders. Our analysis shows that when excluding medicines and medical devices hospitals are the main greenhouse gas emitter by far, accounting for 48% of the healthcare system’s emission, followed by nursing homes (20%), private practice (18%), analysis laboratories (7%), dispensing pharmacies (4%), the homecare institution (3%) and the ambulance services (
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
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