Economic costs of alcohol use in Sri Lanka.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Alcohol related disease conditions are responsible for a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality in Sri Lanka. This study quantified the economic cost of selected alcohol related disease conditions in Sri Lanka in 2015.

Methods

This study uses the prevalence-based cost of illness methodology specified by the World Health Organization, and uses the gross costing approach. The direct costs includes the costs of curative care (inpatient and outpatient care borne by the state and out of pocket expenditure borne by patients) for alcohol related diseases, weighted by the respective population attributable fractions. Indirect costs consist of lost earnings due to absenteeism of the patient and carers due to seeking care and recuperation, and the loss of income due to

SUBMITTER: Ranaweera S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5991751 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature