Effects of Alcohol Retail Privatization on Excessive Alcohol Consumption and Related Harms: A Community Guide Systematic Review

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• 作者：Robert A. Hahn ; PhD ; MPH^a ; ^{rhahn@cdc.gov} ; Jennifer Cook Middleton ; PhD^a ; Randy Elder ; PhD^a ; Robert Brewer ; MD ; MSPH^b ; Jonathan Fielding ; MD ; MPH ; MBA^c ; Timothy S. Naimi ; MD ; MPH^e ; Traci L. Toomey ; PhD^d ; Sajal Chattopadhyay ; PhD^a ; Briana Lawrence ; MPH^a ; Carla Alexia Campbell ; MHSc^a ; Community Preventive Services Task Force
• 刊名：American Journal of Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：42
• 期：4
• 页码：418-427
• 全文大小：677 K

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Context

Excessive alcohol consumption is the third-leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. This systematic review is one in a series exploring effectiveness of interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms.

Evidence acquisition

The focus of this review was on studies evaluating the effects of the privatization of alcohol retail sales on excessive alcohol consumption and related harms. Using m>Community Guidem> methods for conducting systematic reviews, a systematic search was conducted in multiple databases up to December 2010. Reference lists of acquired articles and review papers were also scanned for additional studies.

Evidence synthesis

A total of 17 studies assessed the impact of privatizing retail alcohol sales on the per capita alcohol consumption, a well-established proxy for excessive alcohol consumption; 9 of these studies also examined the effects of privatization on the per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages that were not privatized. One cohort study in Finland assessed the impact of privatizing the sales of medium-strength beer (MSB) on self-reported alcohol consumption. One study in Sweden assessed the impact of re-monopolizing the sale of MSB on alcohol-related harms. Across the 17 studies, there was a 44.4 % median increase in the per capita sales of privatized beverages in locations that privatized retail alcohol sales (interquartile interval: 4.5 % to 122.5 % ). During the same time period, sales of nonprivatized alcoholic beverages decreased by a median of 2.2 % (interquartile interval: ?.6 % to ?.1 % ). Privatizing the sale of MSB in Finland was associated with a mean increase in alcohol consumption of 1.7 liters of pure alcohol per person per year. Re-monopolization of the sale of MSB in Sweden was associated with a general reduction in alcohol-related harms.

Conclusions

According to m>Community Guidem> rules of evidence, there is strong evidence that privatization of retail alcohol sales leads to increases in excessive alcohol consumption.