Open AccessA time series analysis of presentations to Queensland health facilities for alcohol-related conditions, following the increase in ‘alcopops’ tax
Author(s) -
Steve Kisely,
Elizabeth P. Crowe,
David Lawrence,
Angela White,
Jason P. Connor
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
australasian psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1440-1665
pISSN - 1039-8562
DOI - 10.1177/1039856213486307
Subject(s) - autoregressive integrated moving average , medicine , interrupted time series , government (linguistics) , harm , environmental health , demography , alcohol , alcohol intoxication , emergency department , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , poison control , emergency medicine , medical emergency , psychiatry , psychology , time series , psychological intervention , statistics , social psychology , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pathology , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry
In response to concerns about the health consequences of high-risk drinking by young people, the Australian Government increased the tax on pre-mixed alcoholic beverages ('alcopops') favoured by this demographic. We measured changes in admissions for alcohol-related harm to health throughout Queensland, before and after the tax increase in April 2008.
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