How does taxation affect liver cirrhosis across age groups? An analysis of alcohol control policies on liver cirrhosis outcomes in Lithuania between 2001 and 2022
Taxation may lead to decreases in liver cirrhosis mortality across all age groups but appears to be less consistently impactful for hospitalizations. Younger and middle-aged individuals may experience increased hospitalizations. Taxation appears to impact subsections of the population differently.
Authors
- Janina Petkevičienė (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3953-8655)
- Shannon Lange (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8067-8932)
- Mindaugas Štelemėkas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2040-6900)
- Alexander Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9068-0625)
- Laura Llamosas‐Falcón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4718-9376)
- Ričardas Radišauskas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1227-2674)
- Huan Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3100-2511)
- Jürgen Rehm
Institutions
- Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LT)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- 3M (United States) (US)
- Mental Health Research Institute (AU)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Canada Research Chairs (CA)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- Faculty of Public Health (GB)
- Public Health Agency (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agaf034
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.94
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism