Each alcohol-related assault in central Sydney may cost $85,093

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Aussie researchers have tried to put a price tag on alcohol-related assaults in central Sydney, and say each attack may cost as much as $85,093. To calculate the cost, the researchers took into account health-related costs, which account for around two-thirds of the total, and justice-related costs, which account for the other third. However, health service-related costs accounted for just 1.3 per cent of the total, and their estimate includes additional health-related costs, including ‘pain, suffering, morbidity and wellbeing’.

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conference: Drug & Alcohol Review

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Organisation/s: The University of Newcastle

Funder: The study was funded with a grant from the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education grant to KK. KK’s involvement in the research was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Senior Research Fellowship (APP1041867) and a Senior Brawn Research Fellowship from the University of Newcastle.

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