Environmental sustainability in hospitals

"Hospitals and care systems increasingly are looking for ways to improve efficiency and reduce overall costs while also improving the overall patient experience. Sustainability initiatives offer significant environmental and financial benefits for organizations—benefits that will help hospitals and care systems thrive now and in the future."

Environmental sustainability in hospitals: the value of efficiency
Health Research & Educational Trust
May 2014

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Cost-effectiveness of environmental approaches to disease prevention

"Environmental prevention is key to addressing the growing disease burden and cost of chronic illnesses."

The cost-effectiveness of environmental approaches to disease prevention
DA Chokshi, TA Farley
New England Journal of Medicine, 2012, 367:295-297

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Sustainable health and social care

"Evidence suggests that adopting various measures could generate considerable cost savings for the health and social care sector, as well as reducing its environmental impacts."

Sustainable health and social care: connecting environmental and financial performance
C Naylor, J Appleby
The King's Fund
March 2012

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