Crampton, E.Burgess, M.Taylor, B.2013-05-132013-05-132012Crampton, E., Burgess, M., Taylor, B. (2012) What's in a cost? Comparing economic and public health measures of alcohol's social costs. New Zealand Medical Journal, 125(1360), pp. 66-73.1175-8716http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7696Studies based on a cost of illness method frequently assert large social costs from a variety of risky activities, the harms from which most typically fall upon the risk-taker himself. Many of these costs are inadmissible in a standard economic framework; consequently, figures derived by the cost of illness method are not comparable with other economic notions of cost and are of very limited policy use.encost-benefit analysishealth economicssocial costalcoholsocial costpublic healthJournal ArticleFields of Research::38 - Economics::3801 - Applied economics::380108 - Health economicsField of Research::11 - Medical and Health Sciences::1117 - Public Health and Health Services::111799 - Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified