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ArticleThe European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care2024

Alcohol prices, the April effect, and the environment, in violence-related injury in England and Wales.

Kent Matthews, Saeed Heravi, Peter Morgan, Nicholas Page, Jonathan Shepherd, Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam

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Article in The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kent MatthewsCardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, UK. matthewsk@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6968-3098
Saeed HeraviCardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, UK.
Peter MorganCardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, UK.
Nicholas PageSchool of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, Spark, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, UK.
Jonathan ShepherdSchool of Dentistry, Cardiff University, University Hospital Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, UK.
Vaseekaran SivarajasingamSchool of Dentistry, Cardiff University, University Hospital Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XY, UK.

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Abstract

Violent injury varies widely across England and Wales as does the price of alcohol. While the links between alcohol consumption and violence are well established in the medical and epidemiological literature, a causal link is questionable. This paper cuts through the causative argument by reporting a link between the general price of alcohol and violence-related injury across the economic regions of England and Wales. It examines the influence of the real price of alcohol and identifies an 'April effect' that coincides with the annual uprating of alcohol prices for excise duties, on violence-related injuries recorded at Emergency Department attendance. The data are monthly frequency of violent injury rates covering the period 2005-2014 across the economic regions. The principal finding is that a one-way relationship between the real price of alcohol and violent injury is established, and tax policy can be used to reduce the incidence of violent injury and the associated health costs.

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Alcohol DrinkingViolenceAggressionEnglandHumansWalesEmergency departmentsPrice of alcoholTax policyViolent injury

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