10,664 research outputs found
Rethinking Alcohol Taxation Policy In Hong Kong: A Modelling Study
No full textBackground: Uniquely among high-income economies, Hong Kong eliminated taxes on wine and beer in 2007-2008. Alcohol-related harm is preventable; the East Asia region has the highest alcohol-attributable fraction for cancer worldwide.1
Issues: Hong Kong’s policy of eliminating alcohol taxes is in stark contrast to WHO “best buys”
recommendations to reduce alcohol-related harm. We model the population health impact of the
reversing the 2007-08 taxation policies on alcohol-attributable harm and medical costs in Hong Kong.
Methods: We conducted an epidemiological econometric modelling study to compare the impact of pre-2007 tax levels (80% on wine and 40% on beer) to 0% currently. Behavioural Risk Factor Survey (2004-2005, 2009-2010, 2014-2015) was used to estimate the price elasticities of demand for alcoholic beverages using the Almost Ideal Demand System (AIDS) model2, and parameterise alcohol consumption patterns. Alcohol-attributable health burden was estimated using the International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHPv3)3 calibrated to Hong Kong-specific alcohol-related morbidity and mortality data from the Hospital Authority CMS and cancer registry. We applied pooled relative risks separately for men and women from World Health Organization 2018 Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health.4 Annual direct medical costs were estimated for each attributable condition using generalised linear regression on public sector healthcare service utilisation and adjusted for comorbidities. Sensitivity analysis was performed using Euromonitor sales data and 2016 Global Burden of Disease (GBD2016) for estimates of price elasticity and relative risk.
Results: Reintroducing pre-2007 taxes reduces the alcohol-attributable disease burden: cancers by 36.1% (oral cavity and pharynx, 78.3%; oesophageal, 73.0%; laryngeal, 69.6%; colorectal, 24.2%; liver, 20.8%); liver cirrhosis by 60.8%; acute and chronic pancreatitis by 46.0% and 53.7%; and haemorrhagic stroke by 44.5%. Higher reductions were observed for wholly alcohol attributable conditions. Annual savings in direct medical care is estimated at USD 5.0 million (HKD 38.7m). Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms were higher for males than female. Conclusions: Reintroduction of taxes to reduce alcohol-related burden of disease merits consideration. Given the wide social and effects of alcohol harm the overall benefit to population health is likely to be even greater.
References/Acknowledgements: We thank Department of Health and Hospital Authority for
data access. This project was supported by Health and Medical Research Fund, Food and
Health Bureau, Government of the Hong Kong SAR, China (03170067).
1. Rumgay et al. Global burden of cancer in 2020 attributable to alcohol consumption: a
population-based study. Lancet Oncol. 2021 Jul 13;
2. Deaton A, Muellbauer J. An almost ideal demand system. The American Economic Review.
1980;70(3):312–26.
3. Sherk et al. The International Model of Alcohol Harms and Policies (InterMAHP). Version 3.0. 2019.
World Health Organization. Best buys’ and other recommended interventions for the prevention
and control of noncommunicable diseases. World Health Organization. 201
Transition metal promoted/catalyzed cage C-H/B-H functionalization of o-carboranes
No full textQuan, Yangjian.Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2015.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-169).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 05, January, 2017)
Xianggang jie wu de kong jian lu jing: cong kong jian wei du chu fa de ya wen hua yan jiu
No full textQuan, Xixi.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.Includes bibliographical references.Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.Abstracts also in Chinese
CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection
No full textby Ding Quan-Long.Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141).Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.Mode of access: World Wide Web
Professor Dr Tran Hong Quan and Dr Don Phillips, 1994
No full textProfessor Dr Quan visited Swinburne to inspect the stormwater detention unit, a device with particular application in Vietnam. Left: Dr Don Phillips, School of Civil Engineering and Building and designer of the On-site Stormwater Detention Unit; Centre: Professor Dr Tran Hong Quan, Vietnam's Minister for Education and Training. Swinburne Staff News 13 October 1994
Map of Hong Kong and the New Territories [cartographic material] = Zui xin Xianggang Jiulong Xinjie quan tu.
No full textMap of Hong Kong and the New Territories. Names of localities are given in English and Chinese, but presentation of map is in a distinctly traditional Chinese style. Relief shown by hachures.; Dated from Jubilee Reservoir, completed 1935, appearing on map.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-brsc13b.880-02 Zui xin Xianggang Jiulong Xinjie quan t
Development and optimisation of a duplex real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR assay targeting the VP7 and NS2 genes of African horse sickness virus
No full textNucleotide sequences of 52 South African isolates of African horse sickness virus (AHSV) collected during 2004–2005 and including viruses of all nine AHSV serotypes, were used to design and develop a duplex real-time reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-PCR) assay targeting the VP7 (S8) and NS2 (S9) genes of AHSV. The assay was optimized for detection of AHSV in fresh and frozen blood of naturally infected horses. Assay performance was enhanced using random hexamers rather than gene-specific primers for RT, and with denaturation of double-stranded RNA in the presence of random hexamers. The assay was efficient with a linear range of at least five orders of magnitude. The analytical sensitivity of the assay was 132 copies of the target genes (4125 copies per ml of blood), and the assay was at least 10-fold more sensitive than virus isolation on BHK-21 cells. The assay was also highly specific because it did not detect related orbiviruses, such as bluetongue and equine encephalosis viruses.ID: S0166093410000893; M3: Article; Accession Number: S0166093410000893; Author: M. Quan (a, b, ⁎); Author: C.W. Lourens (a, b); Author: N.J. MacLachlan (c); Author: I.A. Gardner (d); Author: A.J. Guthrie (a); Affiliation: Equine Research Centre, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa; Affiliation: Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa; Affiliation: Equine Viral Disease Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Affiliation: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA; Keyword: African horse sickness virus; Keyword: Real-time quantitative RT-PCR; Keyword: VP7 gene; Keyword: NS2 gene; Keyword: Duplex; Number of Pages: 8; Language: English
Cai yong suan zi fen lie fa wei yi lan zi qi quan ding jia
No full textOr, Ming Chun = 採用算子分裂法為一籃子期權定價 / 柯銘駿.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-140).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 02, December, 2016).Or, Ming Chun = Cai yong suan zi fen lie fa wei yi lan zi qi quan ding jia / Ke Mingjun
Neocatarhinus Kuang & Hong 1990
No full textNeocatarhinus Kuang & Hong, 1990 Type species: Neocatarhinus bambusae Kuang & Hong, 1990 Diagnosis. Body fusiform, gnathosoma large, prodorsal shield with frontal lobe, scapular tubercles ahead of rear shield margin, scapular setae (sc) directed inward. Legs І femoral and legs ІІ genual setae absent; tarsal empodium (ω) entire. Coxisternal plates with prosternal apodeme, all coxal and opisthosomal setae present. Opisthosoma with broad dorsal furrow. Notes. The genus now has 3 species, N. bambusae Kuang & Hong, 1990, N. guangxiensis Wei & Xie, 2009 (in: Wei et al. 2009 b) and N. dendrocalamus sp. nov. infesting bamboo. N. bambusae and N. guangxiensis are associated with unknown species of the genus Bambusa and N. dendrocalamus sp. nov. is associated with Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro. All the species are from south China.Published as part of Wang, Guo-Quan, Wei, Sui-Gai & Yang, Ding, 2010, Four new species of the family Diptilomiopidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China, pp. 39-50 in Zootaxa 2442 on page 42, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19500
New map of Hong Kong [cartographic material] /
No full textMap of Hong Kong showing the built-up area from Kennedy Town in the west to Lyemun Pass in the east, in colour on recto. Paths and lanes are shown as well as streets. Verso includes 3 locality maps and street indexes in Chinese and English for the Hong Kong map.; Published Sept. 1957.; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-brsc24. 880-03 Insets on recto: Kennedy Town -- Peak district -- Tai Hang -- Happy Valley. On verso: Kowloon Peninsula. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] Map of Hong Kong : guide to toursts [i.e. tourists] -- Map of Hong Kong : Kowloon & New Territories.880-02 Xianggang Shi qu quan t
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