Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, UK.
Nottingham University Business School China, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, 199 Taikang East Road, Ningbo, 315100, China.
Eur J Health Econ. 2024 Mar;25(2):237-255. doi: 10.1007/s10198-023-01583-w. Epub 2023 Mar 29.
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.
英格兰和威尔士的暴力伤害差异很大，酒精价格也存在差异。虽然酒精消费与暴力之间的联系在医学和流行病学文献中已经得到充分证实，但因果关系值得怀疑。本文通过报告英格兰和威尔士各经济区域内酒精的普遍价格与与暴力相关的伤害之间的联系，打破了这种因果关系的争论。本文研究了酒精实际价格的影响，并确定了一种“4 月效应”，即在每年为消费税调整酒精价格时，与急诊科就诊的暴力相关伤害记录相吻合。这些数据是涵盖 2005 年至 2014 年期间各经济区域内每月暴力伤害发生率的频率。主要发现是，酒精的实际价格与暴力伤害之间存在单向关系，税收政策可用于减少暴力伤害的发生率和相关的健康成本。
