Social cost of heavy drinking and alcohol dependence in high-income countries

Satya Mohapatra (), Jayadeep Patra, Svetlana Popova, Amy Duhig and Jürgen Rehm

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 3, 149-157

Abstract: On average, the alcohol-attributable indirect cost due to loss of productivity is more than the alcohol-attributable direct cost. Most of the countries seem to incur 1% or more of their GDP (PPP) as alcohol-attributable costs, which is a high toll for a single factor and an enormous burden on public health. The majority of alcohol-attributable costs incurred as a consequence of heavy drinking and/or alcohol dependence. Effective prevention and treatment measures should be implemented to reduce these costs. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2010

Keywords: Alcohol abuse; Heavy drinking; Societal cost of alcohol; Prevention policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0108-9

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