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The impact of an alcohol floor price on critical care admissions in Central Australia
Author(s) -
Secombe Paul J,
Stewart Penny,
Brown Alex,
Bailey Michael J,
Pilcher David
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja2.50404
Subject(s) - medicine , per capita , intensive care unit , excessive alcohol consumption , alcohol consumption , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , alcohol , population , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology
T he Northern Territory has a long history of excessive alcohol consumption and correspondingly high rates of alcoholrelated morbidity and mortality.1–3 The per capita alcohol consumption by Central Australians exceeds the NT average, and much has been written about the “rivers of grog” that flow in Alice Springs.3 We have previously reported that as many as 25% of admissions to the Alice Springs Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) were linked with alcohol misuse.3