Willingness to pay to reduce alcohol-related harm in Australian rural communities

Title: Willingness to pay to reduce alcohol-related harm in Australian rural communities
Creator: Petrie, Dennis; Doran, Christopher; Shakeshaft, Anthony
Relation: Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Vol. 11, Issue 3, p. 351-363
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/erp.11.28
Publisher: Expert Reviews
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: A common metric is needed to compare the benefits of interventions to reduce alcohol misuse. Monetary value is one such metric that can be elicited using willingness to pay (WTP). This paper explores household WTP for reductions in alcohol-related harm in 20 rural Australian communities. Data were obtained from both postal and face-to-face questionnaires. The results indicate that those with friends or family drinking too much are willing to pay more to reduce alcohol-caused harm, but there was no evidence to suggest those causing and experiencing the most alcohol-caused harm (drinking at high frequency and intensity) had a higher WTP. These findings can be compared with the cost of implementing interventions to determine whether they are likely to be welfare enhancing.
Subject: alcohol; contingent evaluation; rural Australia; welfare; willingness to pay
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1056504
Identifier: uon:16054
Identifier: ISSN:1473-7167
Language: eng
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