The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Total and sex-specific alcohol-attributable direct and indirect costs (million €) in Belgium, 2012

Cost category	Total costs	Percent	Sex-specific costs		% of costs by males
Cost category	Total costs	Percent	Males	Females	% of costs by males
Direct costs	906,1
Inpatient care
General hospitals	245,7	27.1	155,7	90,0	63.4
Psychiatric hospitals	498,0	55.0	324,7	173,3	65.2
Sheltered housing	3,8	0.4	3,1	0,7	81.6
Psychiatric nursing homes	5,5	0.6	4,2	1,3	76.4
Rehabilitation	8,5	0.9	^a	^a	^a
Specific projects	2,3	0.3	^a	^a	^a
Outpatient care
Physician contacts	103,6	11.4	64,6	39,0	62.4
Home-based nursing care	29,8	3.3	18,5	11,3	62.1
Ambulatory services	6,1	0.7	^a	^a	^a
Specific projects	0,4	0.0	^a	^a	^a
Pharmaceuticals	2,0	0.2	^a	^a	^a
Prevention	0,5	0.1	^a	^a	^a
Indirect costs	642,6
Disability	245,4	38.2	115,2	130,2	46.9
Premature mortality	397,2	61.8	^a	^a	^a

^ano calculation of sex-specific costs possible due to restrictions in data availability

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