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FGS McClure Watters, York Health Economics Consortium. (2010) Social costs of alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland 2008/2009. Belfast: Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety.

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In 2009, the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) appointed FGS McClure Watters, in partnership with the York Health Economics Consortium, to undertake a review of the social costs of alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland.

Report structure:
• Section 2 presents an Executive Summary;
• Section 3 reviews relevant literature and other evidence on the impacts of alcohol misuse and any health benefits associated with alcohol;
• Section 4 outlines our approach to sourcing and analysing data for the study;
• Section 5 examines alcohol-related costs within healthcare, including hospital, GP and ambulance services;
• Section 6 addresses alcohol-related costs within social work, including social services for
children and families and the youth justice system;
• Section 7 considers costs falling on the emergency services, in areas such as policing and fire services;
• Section 8 explores the cost burden on criminal justice in relation to courts and prisons;
• Section 9 sets out the wider economic costs linked to alcohol misuse, including reduced productivity, absenteeism from work and premature mortality; and
• Section 10 draws together our work in preceding sections into an overall estimate of the social costs of alcohol misuse in Northern Ireland, including sensitivity analysis where necessary.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
Alcohol
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction
Date
June 2010
Pages
116 p.
Publisher
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Corporate Creators
FGS McClure Watters, York Health Economics Consortium
Place of Publication
Belfast
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Accession Number
HRB (Electronic Only)
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