Towards more reliable gambling cost estimates, a population-based study with register-linkage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although past research has shown a strong association between gambling participation and harms, relatively few studies have attempted to quantify the cost of these harms to society. The need to quantify costs has been identified in several countries, however, no consensus exists in the field of gambling studies on how one should estimate them.

Methods

Three methods were selected for costs calculations: Causality adjustment factors (with two variations: CAF 80%/ CAF 50%), Excess costs, and a method based on Bayes theorem. Our purpose was not to examine the overall costs of gambling, but rather to evaluate different approaches for one specific outcome. Our focus was on indirect costs relating to productivity losses associated with long-term work disability in those

SUBMITTER: Latvala TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12363044 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature