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DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW
卷 40, 期 5, 页码 779-799出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/dar.13242
关键词
alcohol; assault; night‐ time; cost; economy
资金
- Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education grant
- National Health and Medical Research Council [APP1041867]
- University of Newcastle
The study aimed to estimate the costs of alcohol-related assault (ARA) in Sydney, Australia, using decision-analytic cohort models. The overall cost estimate per ARA was found to be $85,093, with 64% of costs being health-related and 36% being justice-related. The estimates were sensitive to values assigned for 'pain, suffering, morbidity and wellbeing', as well as costs of incarceration.
Introduction There is a concern in many countries about violence from late-night alcohol sales and appropriate regulatory responses. However, economic losses arising from this activity rarely feature in public debate. Credible estimates are lacking because economic evaluations have not taken a 'societal perspective', costing health, policing and criminal justice outcomes. Our aims were to: (i) develop an analytic model capable of informing cost-benefit analysis of policy changes; and (ii) estimate costs of alcohol-related assault (ARA) in a major city. Methods We employed decision-analytic cohort models of health and judicial consequences of ARA in Sydney, Australia. We constructed two 6-branch decision-analytic models of patient and offender pathways through the health and judicial systems. We produced overall estimates and analysed their sensitivity to key assumptions. Results Combining results from a Health model comprising 40 pathways and 137 cost events, and a Justice model comprising 20 pathways and 48 cost events, yielded an overall cost estimate of $85 093 per ARA, of which 64% was health-related, while 36% was justice-related. Estimates were sensitive to values assigned for 'pain, suffering, morbidity and wellbeing', and to costs of incarceration. Health service-related costs accounted for 1.3% of the total. Discussion and Conclusion The costs of ARA are significant and dominated by incidents in which a victim does not necessarily receive acute medical care but suffers loss in quality-of-life, and where a perpetrator is processed through the criminal justice system. Being derived transparently, within a theoretical framework, the estimates are adaptable to inform cost-benefit analyses of policy options in Australia and other countries.
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