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The Costs of Alcohol Misuse
Author(s) -
McDonnell Rebecca,
Maynard Alan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1985.tb05286.x
Subject(s) - business , social cost , environmental health , economic cost , total cost , variety (cybernetics) , public economics , economics , natural resource economics , medicine , computer science , accounting , microeconomics , artificial intelligence
Summary The misuse of alcohol imposes costs on society in a variety of ways. This paper presents a conservative estimate of the total resource cost of alcohol misuse in England and Wales concentrating on four major areas: the costs to industry and the National Health Service, material damage costs and the costs of criminal activity. It is estimated the social cost of alcohol misuse is in excess of £1500 million (1983 prices). Much research needs to be undertaken to improve the poor epidemiological bases on which these estimates depend.