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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Presents costs of alcohol use and misuse based on a "Cost of Illness" approach.

May 2008

The costs presented here are based on a "Cost of Illness Approach". This is a prevalence based methodology which attempts to quantify the costs associated with a particular illness or health related behaviour including both incident cases in the base year but also costs from individuals who still suffer. In this case it refers to alcohol use/ misuse.


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