The avoidable costs of alcohol abuse in Australia and the potential benefits of effective policies to reduce the social costs of alcohol
9.3 Time periods over which policy benefits accrue
Table of contents
- List of tables
- List of abbreviations
- Executive summary
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A brief summary of methodological issues
- 3. The aggregate social costs of alcohol
4. Estimating the Feasible Minimum in practice- 5. The intervention choices
- 6. Effective interventions whose benefits cannot be evaluated
- 7. Summary of results
- 8. Conclusions
9. Research recommendations- Appendix A. Methodological issues
- Reference
Some benefits of alcohol interventions accrue quickly but other significant benefits, particularly in relation to health, may be subject to substantial lags. Without identification of these lags, it is not possible to undertake cost-benefit analysis of the interventions.
