Methods for estimating avoidable costs of excessive alcohol consumption

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4964" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/9/4964</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094964" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18094964</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Methods for estimating avoidable costs of excessive alcohol consumption

Original language description

Background: Alcohol is a risk factor with serious consequences for society and individuals. This study aims to present methods and approaches that might be used to estimate the costs related to excessive alcohol consumption. It emphasizes the need for general methods and approaches that are easily applicable, because the level of digitalization and data availability vary across regions. The lack of data makes many methods inapplicable and useless. The ease of applicability will help to make cost-of-illness studies and their results comparable globally. Methods: This study is based on data from the Czech Republic in 2017. Drinking alcohol results in costs of healthcare, social care, law enforcement, and administrative costs of public authorities. To quantify the cost of drinking in the Czech Republic, the top-down approach, bottom-up approach, human capital approach and attributable fractions were used. Results: In 2017, the cost related to alcohol was estimated at 0.66% of the national GDP. Lost productivity represented 54.45% of total cost related to alcohol. All cost related to alcohol is considered to be avoidable. Conclusions: The methods and approaches applied to estimate the cost of disease or any other health issue should be generalized regarding the availability of data and specifics of provided services to people who are addicted or have any kind of disability.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

ISSN

1661-7827

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000650240400001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85105421846