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Table 1 The costs as reported in four included cost-of-illness studies (recalculated into million 2008€) and the proportion Health Care costs and Societal costs (%)

From: The scope of costs in alcohol studies: Cost-of-illness studies differ from economic evaluations

Study

Healthcare costs

Prevention and research costs

Total Health Care costs

Proportion Health care costs (%)

Public order and safety costs

Criminal damage costs

Drink-driving costs

Work-related costs

Cost of the losses in compulsory taxes

Total Societal costs

Proportion societal costs

Total costs

Fenoglio (France)

3,500

698

4,198

19

70

 

4,393

10,936

2,333.

17,732

81

21,930

Harwood (USA)

28,074

1,860

29,934

15

779

8,966

17,948

141,497

 

164,811

85

198,345

Varney (Scotland)

155

3

158

9

142

442

 

1025

 

1,608

91

1,766

Rehm (Canada)

2,678

110

2,788

24

2,488

127

613

5,772

 

9,001

76

11,789