This article estimates the societal cost of alcohol consumption in Sweden in 2002, as well as
the effects on health and quality of life. The estimation includes direct costs, indirect costs …

Background Alcohol is associated with adverse health effects causing a considerable
economic impact to society. A reliable estimate of this economic impact for Belgium is …

Aims According to the literature, estimates of the costs of alcohol abuse serve four main
purposes: They draw attention to the severity of alcohol problems, they help to target specific …

Background Although moderate alcohol consumption has been shown to confer a protective
effect for specific diseases, current societal patterns of alcohol use impose a huge health …

Los estudios sobre las consecuencias económicas del alcoholismo utilizan usualmente la
metodología de “estudio del coste de la enfermedad”, donde el impacto de un determinado …

Economic arguments for acting for health are increasingly important for policymakers, yet to
date there has been no consideration of the likely economic burden of alcohol on the global …

Background Alcohol-attributable costs to society are captured by cost-of-illness studies,
however estimates are often not comparable, eg due to the omission of relevant cost …

The aim of this project is to estimate the societal costs of alcohol use in Sweden for the year
2002. The project came out of discussions involving representatives from the Swedish …

Background There is evidence that the adverse consequences of alcohol impose a
substantial economic burden on societies worldwide. Given the lack of generalizability of …

Aim To estimate the direct and indirect costs of morbidity and mortality attributable to alcohol
consumption in Germany from a societal perspective in 2002. Methods Using the concept of …