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Economic burden associated with alcohol dependence in a German primary care sample: a bottom-up study

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Title
Economic burden associated with alcohol dependence in a German primary care sample: a bottom-up study
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BMC Public Health, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12889-016-3578-8
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Jakob Manthey, Philippe Laramée, Steve Parrott, Jürgen Rehm

Abstract

A considerable economic burden has been repeatedly associated with alcohol dependence (AD) - mostly calculated using aggregate data and alcohol-attributable fractions (top-down approach). However, this approach is limited by a number of assumptions, which are hard to test. Thus, cost estimates should ideally be validated with studies using individual data to estimate the same costs (bottom-up approach). However, bottom-up studies on the economic burden associated with AD are lacking. Our study aimed to fill this gap using the bottom-up approach to examine costs for AD, and also stratified the results by the following subgroups: sex, age, diagnostic approach and severity of AD, as relevant variations could be expected by these factors. 1356 primary health care patients, representative for two German regions. AD was diagnosed by a standardized instrument and treating physicians. Individual costs were calculated by combining resource use and productivity data representing a period of six months prior to the time of interview, with unit costs derived from the literature or official statistics. The economic burden associated with AD was determined via excess costs by comparing utilization of various health care resources and impaired productivity between people with and without AD, controlling for relevant confounders. Additional analyses for several AD characteristics were performed. Mean costs among alcohol dependent patients were 50 % higher compared to the remaining patients, resulting in 1836 € excess costs per alcohol dependent patient in 6 months. More than half of these excess costs incurred through increased productivity loss among alcohol dependent patients. Treatment for alcohol problems represents only 6 % of these costs. The economic burden associated with AD incurred mainly among males and among 30 to 49 year old patients. Both diagnostic approaches were significantly related to the economic burden, while costs increased with alcohol use disorder severity but not with other AD severity indicators. Our study confirms previous studies using top-down approaches to estimate the economic burden associated with AD. Further, we highlight the need for efforts aimed at preventing adverse outcomes for health and occupational situation associated with alcohol dependence based on factors associated with particularly high economic burden.

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Unknown 54 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 7 13%
Researcher 6 11%
Student > Master 6 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 9%
Student > Bachelor 5 9%
Other 7 13%
Unknown 18 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 30%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 9%
Psychology 3 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Social Sciences 2 4%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 23 43%
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