Economic Impact on Health-Care Costs Related to Major Diseases Including HIV/AIDS due to Alcohol Drinking among Thai Populations

Nov 1, 2009, 00:00
10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00638.x
https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/article/S1098-3015(10)60351-8/fulltext
Title : Economic Impact on Health-Care Costs Related to Major Diseases Including HIV/AIDS due to Alcohol Drinking among Thai Populations
Citation : https://www.valueinhealthjournal.com/action/showCitFormats?pii=S1098-3015(10)60351-8&doi=10.1111/j.1524-4733.2009.00638.x
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Objective

The objective of this study was to estimate health-care costs because of diseases caused by alcohol consumption based on health system's perspective.

Methods

Total direct health-care costs of alcohol drinking were the summation of the costs of alcohol drinking in inpatient and outpatient departments due to chronic diseases and acute conditions using prevalence-based approach. The alcohol-attributable fractions, defined as the proportion of a disease or acute condition in a population attributable to alcohol drinking, were calculated to obtain the number of patients in each disease or acute condition attributable to alcohol drinking. Health-care costs of alcohol drinking were estimated by multiplying the number of patients in each disease category attributable to alcohol drinking with the unit cost of treatment.

Results

Total health-care costs attributed to alcohol in this research were 5491 million baht (i.e., outpatient department [2488 million baht] and inpatient department [3003 million baht]). Cost derived from inpatient department accounted for 55% of the total health-care cost attributed to alcohol.

Conclusions

The result of this study suggested that alcohol drinking was significantly associated with a large number of health-care costs in Thailand. Estimation of health-care costs related to alcohol drinking would provide an important insight into future policy appraisal and evaluation.

Categories :
  • Clinical Outcomes
  • Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
  • Economic Evaluation
  • Epidemiology & Public Health
  • Health Policy & Regulatory
  • Health Technology Assessment
  • Patient-Centered Research
  • Public Health
  • Reproductive & Sexual Health
  • Safety & Pharmacoepidemiology
  • Specialized Treatment Areas
  • Specific Diseases & Conditions
Tags :
  • alcohol
  • health-care cost
  • Thailand
Regions :
  • Asia Pacific (including Oceania)
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