Cost-effectiveness of changes in alcohol taxation in Denmark: a modelling study

Table 5 Overview of findings in other studies of increased taxation

Study	Taxation change	Study population and time frame	Effect	Intervention cost	Cost offsets	CER
Cobiac et al. [20]	Volumetric tax	Australia 100 years	11,000 DALY	AU$0.58 million	-AU$57	Dominant
Chisholm et al. [21]	25% increase	Western Europe 10 years (costs and effects p.a.)	1,500 DALY per 1 million population	I$0.45 million per 1 million population	-	289 I$/DALY
Van den Berg et al. [19]	34% increase for beer	Netherlands	13,000 QALY	None	€65 million	5100 €/QALY
Van den Berg et al. [19]	225-300% increase^*	100 years	625,000 QALY		€3300 million	5300 €/QALY
Lhachimi et al. [18]	20% tax increase	European Union	19,100 deaths prevented (400 in Denmark)	-^**	-^**	-^**
Lhachimi et al. [18]	80% tax increase	10 years	107,800 deaths prevented (2300 in Denmark)	-^**	-^**	-^**
Purshouse et al. [14]	10% general price increase	England 10 years	55,000 QALY	-^**	-^**	-^**

CER = Cost-effectiveness ratio; AU$ = Australian dollar; p.a. = per annum; I$ = International dollar.
^* Differentiated increase for beverage types.
^** No cost calculations included in study.

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