Review of social costs estimates

Key publications

1st author’s name

Year of publication

Reference

Andlin-Sobocki

2004

Andlin-Sobocki, P. (2004). Economic evidence in addiction: a review. The European Journal of Health Economics, 5, s5-s12.

Degenhardt

2013

Degenhardt, L., Whiteford, H. A., Ferrari, A. J., Baxter, A. J., Charlson, F. J., Hall, W. D., ... & Vos, T. (2013). Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet, 382(9904), 1564-1574.

Single

2003

Single, E., Collins, D., Easton, B., Harwood, H., Lapsley, H., Kopp, P., & Wilson, E. (2003). International Guidelines for Estimating the Costs of Substance Abuse

 

Illegal drugs

1st author’s name

Year of publication

Reference

Fenoglio

2003

Fenoglio, P., Parel, V. E. R., & Kopp, P. (2003). The social cost of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in France, 1997. European Addiction Research, 9(1), 18-28.

García-Altés

2002

GarcíaAltés, A., Ollé, J. M., Antoñanzas, F., & Colom, J. (2002). The social cost of illegal drug consumption in Spain. Addiction, 97(9), 1145-1153.

Gonçalves

2014

Gonçalves, R., Lourenço, A., & da Silva, S. N. (2015). A social cost perspective in the wake of the Portuguese strategy for the fight against drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26(2), 199-209.

Healey

1998

Healey, A., Knapp, M., Astin, J., Gossop, M., Marsden, J., Stewart, D., ... & Godfrey, C. (1998). Economic burden of drug dependency. Social costs incurred by drug users at intake to the National Treatment Outcome Research Study. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 173(2), 160-165.

Mostardt

2010

Mostardt, S., Flöter, S., Neumann, A., Wasem, J., & Pfeiffer-Gerschel, T. (2010). [Public expenditure caused by the consumption of illicit drugs in Germany]. Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)), 72(12), 886-894.

Ramstedt

2006

Ramstedt, M. (2006). What drug policies cost. Estimating drug policy expenditures in Sweden, 2002: work in progress. Addiction, 101(3), 330-338.

Rigter

2006

Rigter, H. (2006). What drug policies cost. Drug policy spending in the Netherlands in 2003. Addiction, 101(3), 323-329.

Van malderen

2007

Van Malderen, S., Vander Laenen, F., & De Ruyver, B. (2007). Public expenditures. Belgian National Report on Drugs 2007: new developments, trends and in depth information on selected issues, 119-131.

 

Tobacco

1st author’s name

Year of publication

Reference

Allender

2009

Allender, S., Balakrishnan, R., Scarborough, P., Webster, P., & Rayner, M. (2009). The burden of smoking-related ill health in the UK. Tobacco control, 18(4), 262-267.

Bolin

2007

Bolin, K., & Lindgren, B. (2007). Smoking, healthcare cost, and loss of productivity in Sweden 2001. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 35(2), 187-196.

Fenoglio

2003

Fenoglio, P., Parel, V. E. R., & Kopp, P. (2003). The social cost of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in France, 1997. European Addiction Research, 9(1), 18-28.

Neubauer

2006

Neubauer, S., Welte, R., Beiche, A., Koenig, H. H., Buesch, K., & Leidl, R. (2006). Mortality, morbidity and costs attributable to smoking in Germany: update and a 10-year comparison. Tobacco control, 15(6), 464-471.

Rasmussen

2000

Rasmussen, S. R., & Søgaard, J. (2000). [Socioeconomic costs due to tobacco smoking]. Ugeskrift for læger, 162(23), 3329-3333.

Ruff

2000

Ruff, L. K., Volmer, T., Nowak, D., & Meyer, A. (2000). The economic impact of smoking in Germany. European Respiratory Journal, 16(3), 385-390.

Wacker

2013

Wacker, M., Holle, R., Heinrich, J., Ladwig, K. H., Peters, A., Leidl, R., & Menn, P. (2013). The association of smoking status with healthcare utilisation, productivity loss and resulting costs: results from the population-based KORA F4 study. BMC health services research, 13(1), 278.

Welte

2000

Welte, R., König, H. H., & Leidl, R. (2000). The costs of health damage and productivity losses attributable to cigarette smoking in Germany. The European Journal of Public Health, 10(1), 31-38.

 

Alcohol

1st author’s name

Year of publication

Reference

Balakrishnan

2009

Balakrishnan, R., Allender, S., Scarborough, P., Webster, P., & Rayner, M. (2009). The burden of alcohol-related ill health in the United Kingdom. Journal of public health, fdp051.

Bergmann

2002

Bergmann, E., Horch, K. (2002). The cost of alcohol-related illness: estimates for Germany.

Byrne

2000

Byrne, S. (2000). The costs of alcohol-related problems in Ireland.

Byrne

2010

Byrne, S. (2010). Costs to society of problem alcohol use in Ireland. Dublin: Health Service Executive.

Cortez-Pinto

2010

CortezPinto, H., Gouveia, M., Dos Santos Pinheiro, L., Costa, J., Borges, M., & Carneiro, A. V. (2010). The burden of disease and the cost of illness attributable to alcohol drinking—results of a national study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 34(8), 1442-1449.

Fenoglio

2003

Fenoglio, P., Parel, V. E. R., & Kopp, P. (2003). The social cost of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs in France, 1997. European Addiction Research, 9(1), 18-28.

García-Sempere

2002

García-Sempere, A., & Portella, E. (2002). Los estudios del coste del alcoholismo: marco conceptual, limitaciones y resultados en España. Adicciones, 14(Supl 1), 141-53.

Gjelsvik

2004

Gjelsvik, R. (2004). Counting the economic costs caused by alcohol.

Guest

2001

Guest, J., Varney, S. (2001). Alcohol misuse in Scotland: trends and costs.

Jarl

2008

Jarl, J., Johansson, P., Eriksson, A., Eriksson, M., Gerdtham, U.-G., Hemström, O., … Room, R. (2008). The societal cost of alcohol consumption: an estimation of the economic and human cost including health effects in Sweden, 2002. The European Journal of Health Economics : HEPAC : Health Economics in Prevention and Care, 9(4), 351–60. doi:10.1007/s10198-007-0082-1

Jeanreanud

2003

Jeanreanud, C., Priez, F., Pellegrini, S., Chevrou-Severac, H. & Vitale, S. (2003). The social costs of alcohol in Switzerland.

Johnson

2000

Johnson, A. (2000). How much for the booze

Johnston

2012

Johnston, M. C., Ludbrook, A., & Jaffray, M. A. (2012). Inequalities in the distribution of the costs of alcohol misuse in Scotland: a cost of illness study. Alcohol and alcoholism, 47(6), 725-731.

Konnopka

2007

Konnopka, A., & König, H. H. (2007). Direct and indirect costs attributable to alcohol consumption in Germany. Pharmacoeconomics, 25(7), 605-618.

Koziva

1995

Koziva, E. (1995). Estimation of the social costs caused by alcoholism: draft material of the former Socioeconomic analyses. Department of the National Centre for Health Promotion.

Lehto

1997

Lehto, J. (1997). The economics of alcohol. Addiction, 92(s1), S55-S59.

Leonardi

2003

Leonardi (2003). Alcohol misuse: How much does it cost? 2003.

Lima

2003

Lima, E., & Esquerdo, T. (2003). The economic costs of alcohol misuse in Portugal.

Pacolet

2004

Pacolet, J., Degreef, T. & Bouten, R. (2004). Analysis of the social costs and benefits due to the consumption and abuse of alcohol in Belgium: executive summary.

Pugliatti

2008

Pugliatti, M., Sobocki, P., Beghi, E., Pini, S., Cassano, G. B., Altamura, A. C., ... & Rosati, G. (2008). Cost of disorders of the brain in Italy. Neurological Sciences, 29(2), 99-107.

Reynaud

2003

Reynaud, M., Gaudin-Colombel, A. F., & Le Pen, C. (2001). Two methods of estimating health costs linked to alcoholism in France (with a note on social costs). Alcohol and alcoholism, 36(1), 89-95.

Saar

2009

Saar, I. (2009). The social costs of alcohol misuse in Estonia. European addiction research, 15(1), 56-62.

Scandurra

2011

Ivano Scandurra, R., García-Altés, A., & Nebot, M. (2011). Impacto social del consumo abusivo de alcohol en el estado español: Consumo, coste y políticas. Revista Española de Salud Pública, 85(2), 141-147.

Sesok

2003

Sesok, J. (2003). Indicators of harmful alcohol drinking in Slovenia in the year 2002. Ljubljana, Institute of Public Health of the Republic of Slovenia.

Wancata

2007

Wancata, J., Sobocki, P., & Katschnig, H. (2006). [Cost of disorders of the brain in Austria in the year 2004]. Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 119(3-4), 91-98.

York Health Economics Consortium

2007

York Health Economics Consortium. (2010). The societal cost of alcohol misuse in Scotland for 2007. Scottish Government Social Research.

 

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