Alcohol policy and gender: a modelling study estimating gender-specific effects of alcohol pricing policies.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To describe gender differences in alcohol consumption, purchasing preferences and alcohol-attributable harm. To model the effects of alcohol pricing policies on male and female consumption and hospitalizations.

Design

Epidemiological simulation using the Sheffield Alcohol Policy Model version 4.

Setting and participants

Adults aged 18+ years, England.

Interventions

Three alcohol pricing policies: 10% duty increase and minimum unit prices (MUP) of £0.50 and £0.70 per UK unit.

Measures

Gender-specific baseline and key outcomes data: annual beverage-specific units of alcohol consumed and beverage-specific alcohol expenditure (household surveys). Alcohol-attributable hospital admissions (administrative data). Key model parameters: literature-based own-

SUBMITTER: Meier PS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7611454 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature