Objective Given the significant costs of reduced productivity (presenteeism) in comparison to
absenteeism, and overall societal costs, presenteeism has a potentially important role to …

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 …

Alcohol consumption has been identified as an important risk factor for chronic disease and
injury. In the first paper in this Series, we quantify the burden of mortality and disease …

Study Design. Economic evaluation of the costs of low back pain (LBP) in Spain from a
societal perspective, including direct and indirect costs, based on a national representative …

Background Information on the economic impact of alcohol consumption can provide
important evidence in supporting policies to reduce its associated harm. To date, several …

Alcohol consumption is responsible for 3.3 million deaths globally or nearly 6% of all deaths.
Alcohol use contributes to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, as well as …

Background The health and economic consequences of alcohol consumption have been
assessed mainly in developed countries. This study aims to estimate health impact and …

In Thailand, noncommunicable diseases were the cause of eight of the top ten disease
burden in 2014. 1 Effective policies to prevent and control these diseases are therefore …

Background Over the last decade, the prevalence of obesity (BMI≥ 25 kg/m 2) in Thailand
has been rising rapidly and consistently. Estimating the cost of obesity to society is an …

Objective: Drawing on a study of the range and magnitude of harms that alcohol caused to
specific others in Australia, and on social and health agency statistics for collective costs …