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| Title |
Making healthy homes? A pilot study of the return on investment from an external wall insulation intervention
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-3067-x |
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| Authors |
Heather Brown, Gulnar Fattakhova, Clare Bambra, Paul Taylor |
| Abstract |
External Wall Insulation (EWI) insulates and protect homes against damp. The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme incentivised large energy providers in the UK delivering energy efficiency measures such as EWI to fuel impoverished households. Return on Investment (ROI) analysis is utilised to determine if EWI is a cost-effective procedure in terms of improving health related quality of life (HRQOL) measured using the EQ-5D-3L™, reducing health care expenditure, and fuel costs. Data comes from Stockton-On-Tees council, health care costs data, and information collected from households in the most socially deprived areas in Stockton-on-Tees. The total cost of installation across all 2252 that received EWI was £10,222,954 in 2016 GBP. Annual total benefits were extrapolated across all 3265 households that received EWI. Total benefits were differences between the control and treatment groups in fuel costs, health care costs, and HRQOL multiplied by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Quality Adjusted Life Year threshold (£20,000). Total benefits for all households that received EWI were £1,519,045. The ROI of EWI is - 41%. 7.9 years are needed to recoup the costs of the initial investment. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 13 | 68% |
| Ireland | 1 | 5% |
| Austria | 1 | 5% |
| Philippines | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 3 | 16% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 47% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 26% |
| Scientists | 4 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 29 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 29 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 8 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 4 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 14% |
| Arts and Humanities | 3 | 10% |
| Engineering | 3 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 10% |
| Unknown | 10 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 January 2018.
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#2,887,411
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Outputs from BMC Research Notes
#381
of 4,388 outputs
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#62,636
of 448,023 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#23
of 200 outputs
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