The analysis suggests that the Huai River policy, which had the
laudable goal of providing indoor heat, had disastrous consequences
for health, presumably due to the failure to require the
installation of sufficient pollution abatement equipment. Specifically,
it led to TSP concentrations that were 184 μg/m3 higher
(95% CI: 60, 308) or 55% higher in the North and reductions in
life expectancies of 5.52 y (95% CI: 0.8, 10.2) in the North due to
elevated rates of cardiorespiratory mortality.