Net change in health and financial outcomes across socioeconomic groups for a ZAR10 minimum unit pricing policy in South Africa
Overall | QI | QII | QIII | QIV | QV | |
Deaths averted | 22 600 | 4100 | 7400 | 4000 | 3800 | 1400 |
Net change in alcohol expenditures (ZAR million) | R353 000 | R46 000 | R52 000 | R72 800 | R84 500 | R97 600 |
OOP healthcare cost savings (ZAR million) | R2900 | R200 | R300 | R700 | R1200 | R500 |
Government healthcare cost savings (ZAR million) | R3900 | R600 | R1200 | R1000 | R1000 | R100 |
Cases of CHE averted | 564 700 | 176 700 | 82 000 | 115 900 | 153 800 | 36 400 |
Annual indirect cost savings (ZAR million) | R51 100 | R4700 | R11 600 | R8400 | R11 800 | R14 700 |
All results projected over a 20-year time horizon.
Deaths averted and CHE cases averted rounded to the nearest hundred.
Financial outcomes rounded to the nearest hundred million.
CHE, Catastrophic health expenditures; OOP, out-of-pocket; QI, poorest wealth quintile; QV, richest wealth quintile; ZAR/R, South African Rand.