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Alcohol consumption in Spain and its economic cost: A mathematical modeling approach

María Milagros Del Saz RubioEmilio SánchezFrancisco-josé SantonjaJosé-luis Morera

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Consumption (economics)Spanish populationModeling and SimulationEconomic costModelling and SimulationEconometricsChristian ministryDifferential systemsMathematical economicsAlcohol consumptionMathematicsComputer Science Applications

description

In this paper, a mathematical model for alcohol consumption in Spanish population is proposed. Its parameters are estimated by fitting the model to real data from Spanish Ministry of Health. Predictions about the future behavior of the alcohol consumption in Spain are presented using this model. Results are applied to estimate the economic costs (sanitary and non-sanitary) assumed by Spanish society that are derived from this consumption.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-10-01Mathematical and Computer Modelling
10.1016/j.mcm.2010.02.029http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2010.02.029