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    Australia, the healthiest nation: death, hospital and cost savings of the Preventative Health Taskforce target reductions for alcohol, 2007 to 2020

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    Authors
    Chikritzhs, Tanya
    Whetton, S.
    Daube, Mike
    Pascal, Richard
    Evans, M.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Chikritzhs, Tanya and Whetton, Steve and Daube, Mike and Pascal, Richard and Evans, Michaela. 2010. Australia, the healthiest nation: death, hospital and cost savings of the Preventative Health Taskforce target reductions for alcohol, 2007 to 2020. Australasian Medical Journal. 3 (8): pp. 499-503.
    Source Title
    Australasian Medical Journal
    DOI
    10.4066/AMJ.2010.408
    ISSN
    1836-1935
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (Research Institute)
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    This article was first published in the Australasian Medical Journal, a peer-reviewed open acess journal.This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43857
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background - The National Preventative Health Taskforce has set a 30% target reduction in the proportion of risky and high risk drinkers by 2020. This study estimated the potential saving in deaths, hospitalisations and associated economic cost savings to premature mortality and health of achieving the target. Method - Past national estimates of alcohol-attributable hospitalisations and deaths were used to forecast trends from 2007 to 2020. Estimated potential savings in deaths and hospitalisations were based on incremental decline in the prevalence of risky/high-risk drinking reaching a total of 30% by 2020 (about 2.3% per year). Associated economic costs of premature death were estimated using the Value of Statistical Life method (willingness to pay). Hospital costs were estimated from known trends in annual national costs for recent past years and taking inflation into account. Results - A 30% reduction in risky/high-risk drinkers would avoid an estimated 7,200 deaths and some 94,000 person-years-of-life lost due to premature death by 2020. The estimated benefit to the health sector would include 330,000 fewer hospitalisations and 1.5 million associated bed days. The net present value of these benefits is AUD 22.7 billion from deaths avoided and AUD 1.7 billion from fewer hospital separations totalling AUD 24.4 billion. Conclusion - The potential savings in premature deaths, health and associated financial costs of a 30% reduction in risky and high-risk drinking by 2020 across the Australian population are considerable.

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