Systematic Review of Hospital and Clinical Service Contributions to Global Warming

Waldo Merino-Urrutia compiled a scoping review dataset analyzing 184 studies on how hospitals and clinical services contribute to global warming. The dataset, last updated in May 2026, groups studies into areas like anesthetic technique, medical devices, surgical procedures, waste management, and support units. It covers literature from January 2000 to December 2024, sourced from PubMed, Scopus, and Embase.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking greenhouse gas emissions across different hospital departments based on the described study groupings.
• Identifying research gaps in the economic and sustainability analysis of clinical activities as noted in the conclusion.
• Analyzing trends in environmental impact publications related to anesthesiology, devices, and operating rooms, which were the most numerous.
• Mapping the hospital processes involved in greenhouse gas generation, such as incineration and laundry, as described in the results.

Strengths

• Includes 184 studies from a systematic search of three major databases.
• Covers a 24-year time range (2000-2024) and studies in all languages.
• Groups findings into seven specific clinical and operational areas for structured analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description notes a lack of studies incorporating sustainability analysis linking costs, emissions, and clinical effectiveness.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Waldo Merino-Urrutia.

Collection Method

Systematic scoping review of literature from PubMed, Scopus, and Embase.

Time Range

January 2000 to December 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 04:19:27; freshness should be verified.