Effectiveness of sugar sweetened beverages tax on health and healthcare costs: A systematic review

Authors

  • Diana Safraa Selimin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Nazarudin Safian Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Mohd Rohaizat Hassan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Qistina Mohd Ghazali Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Abstract

Abstract

Background:

Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is one of many other best strategies to reduce consumption of SSB among populations. It is known that SSB consumption is the main contributor which cause obesity and further lead to non-communicable diseases. This study aimed to gather the evidence on the effectiveness of sugar-sweetened beverages tax implementation, in terms of health outcome and healthcare cost benefit.

Methodology:

A systematic review was done related to literature that reported about effectiveness of sugar-sweetened beverages tax implementation, in terms of health outcome and healthcare cost benefit. Four databases were used to identify the literature, namely PubMed, Cochrane, Scopus and Ovid and Medline. PRISMA flow checklist was used as a guide to search for the eligible articles.

Results:

In total, there were sixteen eligible articles included in this systematic review. All studies are simulation studies. Results shows that both excise and ad valorem tax are effective to reduce healthcare costs and could avert diseases related to high sugar intake. Other than that, it is proven that implementing tax will gain favorable health outcome rather than do nothing. Better results seen when the tax is increased.

Conclusion:

As a conclusion, SSB tax is proven as an effective public health intervention in terms of giving benefit to the health outcome and healthcare cost.

Keywords: sugar-sweetened beverages tax, effectiveness, health, healthcare costs

Downloads

Published

2023-10-17

How to Cite

Selimin, D. S., Safian, N., Hassan, M. R., Abdul Manaf, M. R., & Mohd Ghazali, Q. (2023). Effectiveness of sugar sweetened beverages tax on health and healthcare costs: A systematic review. International Journal of Public Health Research, 13(2). Retrieved from https://spaj.ukm.my/ijphr/index.php/ijphr/article/view/460

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023): International Journal of Public Health Research

Section

Review Article

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Diana Safraa Selimin, Nazarudin Safian, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan, Mohd Rizal Abdul Manaf, Qistina Mohd Ghazali

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

IJPHR applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to articles and other works we publish. If you submit your paper for publication byIJPHR, you agree to have the CC BY license applied to your work. Under this Open Access license, you as the author agree that anyone can reuse your article in whole or part for any purpose, for free, even for commercial purposes. Anyone may copy, distribute, or reuse the content as long as the author and original source are properly cited. This facilitates freedom in re-use and also ensures that IJPHR content can be mined without barriers for the needs of research.