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Table 7 Scenario analysis: effects on the costs (€) assuming a 10% decrease of alcohol consumption

From: The health-related social costs of alcohol in Belgium

Cost category

Base case

10% decrease

∆ cost

% change

Direct costs

 Inpatient care

  General hospitals

245,744,850

234,924,244

-10,820,607

4.4

  Psychiatric hospitals

498,032,609

448,229,348

−49,803,261

10.0

  Sheltered housing

3,814,635

3,684,534

−130,101

3.4

  Psychiatric nursing homes

5,483,377

5,322,647

−160,730

2.9

 Outpatient care

  Physician contacts

103,560,056

101,024,602

−2,535,454

2.5

  Home-based nursing care

48,246,624

46,171,799

−2,074,825

4.3

 Total

904,882,152

839,357,174

−65,524,978

7.2

Indirect costs

 Disability

245,368,931

236,464,785

−8,904,146

3.6

 Premature mortality

397,156,108

385,427,049

−11,729,059

3.0

 Total

642,525,039

621,891,835

−20,633,205

3.2

Intangible costs

 Total

6,300,017,986

6,098,578,249

−201,439,736

3.2