The impact of an alcohol floor price on critical care admissions in Central Australia

Abstract

T he Northern Territory has a long history of excessive alcohol consumption and correspondingly high rates of alcoholrelated morbidity and mortality.1–3 The per capita alcohol consumption by Central Australians exceeds the NT average, and much has been written about the “rivers of grog” that flow in Alice Springs.3 We have previously reported that as many as 25% of admissions to the Alice Springs Hospital intensive care unit (ICU) were linked with alcohol misuse.3