title: Alcohol policy. Battle of the binge.
abstract: Around 3 per cent of all deaths in England--15,000 a year--are related to alcohol use. The cost of alcohol misuse to the health service is estimated at pound 2.7bn. There are growing calls for a regulatory approach as voluntary partnerships with the alcohol industry have not worked. Only 58 per cent of PCTs have an alcohol strategy.
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shepherd
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology