Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine (대한예방의학회)
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Socioeconomic Costs of Alcohol Drinking in Korea

음주의 사회경제적 비용 추계

  • Chung, Woo-Jin (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) ;
  • Chun, Hyun-Jun (Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Sun-Mi (Department of Public Health, Yonsei University Graduate School)
  • 정우진 (연세대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 전현준 (연세대학교 보건대학원) ;
  • 이선미 (연세대학교 대학원 보건학과)
  • Published : 2006.01.31
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Abstract

Objectives: We wanted to estimate the annual socioeconomic costs of alcohol drinking in Korea. Methods: The costs were classified as direct costs, indirect costs and the other costs. The direct costs consisted of direct medical costs, indirect medical costs and subsidiary medical costs. Particularly, the medical costs and population attributable fraction for disease were considered to reflect the calculation of the direct medical costs. The indirect costs were computed by the extent to which the loss of productivity and loss of the workforce might have occurred due to changes in mortality and morbidity according to alcohol drinking. The other costs consisted of property loss, administration costs and costs of alcoholic beverage. Results: The annual costs, which seemed to be attributable to alcohol drinking, were estimated to be 149,352 hundred million won (2.86% of GDP). In case of the latter, the amount includes 9,091 hundred million won for direct costs (6.09%), 62,845 hundred million won for the reduction and loss of productivity (42.08%), 44,691 hundred million won for loss of the workforce (29.92%), and the other costs (21.91%). Conclusions: Our study confirms that compared with the cases of Japan (1.9% of GNP) and the other advanced countries (1.00-1.42% of GDP), alcohol drinking incurs substantial socioeconomic costs to the Korean society. Therefore, this study provides strong support for government interventions to control alcohol drinking in Korea.

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