How Healthcare Systems Negatively Impact Environmental Health? The Need for Institutional Commitment to Reduce the Ecological Footprint of Medical Services

Affiliations

Prisco Piscitelli: Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Viale di Porta Vercellina, 9, 20123 Milan, Italy
Stela Karaj: Faculty of Social Sciences, European University of Tirana, 1000 Tirana, Albania
Alessandro Miani: Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Viale di Porta Vercellina, 9, 20123 Milan, Italy
Tassos C. Kyriakides: Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Enrico Greco: Italian Society of Environmental Medicine (SIMA), Viale di Porta Vercellina, 9, 20123 Milan, Italy
Elena Colicino: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY 10029, USA
Antonio Bray: Local Health Authority ASL Le, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Fernando Simón: Spanish Ministry of Health, 20014 Madrid, Spain
Vasilis Vasiliou: Department of Environmental Health, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
Andrea A. Baccarelli: Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Abstract

The global healthcare industry plays a crucial role in preserving human health and well-being [...]