The cost of harmful alcohol use in South Africa: A reply to Murray and Barr (2022).

Letter by Matzopoulos et al. on article by Murray and Barr (Murray M, Barr GDI. The cost of harmful alcohol use in South Africa: A commentary.

The cost of harmful alcohol use in South Africa.

Background: The economic, social and health costs associated with alcohol-related harms are important measures with which to inform alcohol management policies and laws. This analysis builds on previous cost estimates for South Africa.

Methods: We reviewed existing international best-practice costing frameworks to provide the costing definitions and dimensions.