Health and economic burden due to alcohol-associated liver diseases in the Union Territory of Delhi: A Markov probabilistic model approach.

The high burden of ALD in terms of lives lost, DALYs lost, and more than two times higher estimated expense for care than the revenue generation due to alcohol clearly indicates that it would be prudent to initiate social engineering and preventive strategies to lessen the growing burden of ALD in India. The Delhi model for health and economic burden of ALD could help the country develop policies for better health outcomes of these patients.