THE ESTIMATED ECONOMIC COST OF ALCOHOL-RELATED ACCIDENT AND INJURIES IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Alcohol consumption is associated with the risk of health problems including the risk to accident and injuries. This study aimed to estimate the Alcohol Attributable Fractions (AAF), incidence and the economic cost of alcohol-related accidents and injuries in Indonesia. This study using prevalence-based, where proportion of alcohol contribution was calculated using AAF formula. Number of accidents and injuries in Indonesia in 2016 was used to estimate the economic costs. Direct and indirect costs were calculated, including treatment cost, disability cost, transportation cost, material losses due to accident, cost of premature mortality and loss of income due to disability using human capital approach. The total economic cost of alcohol-related accidents and injuries in Indonesia 2016 was estimated as 895 billion IDR, represent 0.01% of Indonesia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2016. It consisted of total direct cost accounted for 233 billion IDR (26%) and indirect costs at 661 million IDR (74%). The largest cost component was premature mortality, 660 billion IDR (73.8%), and total cost per victim was also estimated at 315 million IDR. Alcohol-related accidents and injuries impose the high economic cost. Indonesia's government should give more attention to reduce the alcohol consumption and improve the alcohol policy.