Alcohol and insurance in the Netherlands

Ethyl-Alcohol is a very big problem in the world, but not a new addict. Drinking of more than 280 g. a week is disastrous for the most organs. The nervous system, the liver, the heart und circulatory system, even the bones and muscles will be damaged. With more than six-hundred-thousand victims in t...

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Published inVersicherungsmedizin Vol. 43; no. 1; p. 27
Main Author Schröder, A E
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.02.1991
Subjects
Alcoholism - complications
Alcoholism - mortality
Alcoholism - psychology
Cause of Death
Cost Control - trends
Humans
Insurance, Health - economics
Insurance, Life - economics
Netherlands
Netherlands
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Summary:Ethyl-Alcohol is a very big problem in the world, but not a new addict. Drinking of more than 280 g. a week is disastrous for the most organs. The nervous system, the liver, the heart und circulatory system, even the bones and muscles will be damaged. With more than six-hundred-thousand victims in the Netherlands the alcohol addict is a great problem for the insurance business. Road accidents, health problems after several years, disability and early death, plays a role in the insurance policies.
ISSN:0933-4548