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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

Ulf Gerdtham

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Ulf Gerdtham. Photo.

On Measurement of Avoidable and Unavoidable Cost of Alcohol: An Application of Method for Estimating Costs Due To Prior Consumption

Author

  • Johan Jarl
  • Ulf Gerdtham
  • Anne Ludbrook
  • Dennis Petrie

Summary, in English

This study estimates the avoidable and unavoidable costs of alcohol-related, liver cirrhosis inpatient care, controlling for the lag structure and period of decline in disease risk. Lag structures with different lengths are applied to the exposure to risk from alcohol consumption, which allows for differentiation between avoidable and unavoidable cases due to prior consumption. A lag length of 20 (men) and 23 (women) years (expected remaining life years) gives a total cost of 592 million SEK. Given alcohol consumption is reduced to zero, 72% of cost could potentially be avoided. It is important to account for the length and structure of the risk decline following a consumption change as this substantially affects the estimates.

Department/s

  • Social Epidemiology
  • EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health

Publishing year

2010

Language

English

Pages

2881-2895

Publication/Series

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volume

7

Issue

7

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

MDPI AG

Topic

  • Occupational Health and Environmental Health

Keywords

  • lag structure
  • alcohol consumption
  • avoidable costs
  • liver cirrhosis

Status

Published

Research group

  • Social Epidemiology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1660-4601