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Medical Care Of Aids In New England: Costs And Implications, Stewart J. Landers, George R. Seage Iii
Medical Care Of Aids In New England: Costs And Implications, Stewart J. Landers, George R. Seage Iii
New England Journal of Public Policy
This article presents an overview of cost issues related to AIDS. Data from the Massachusetts Cost of AIDS Study are combined with epidemiological projections to estimate the cost of treating people diagnosed with AIDS in New England. Aggregate inpatient, ambulatory, and home care costs are estimated to be $96.9 million and $524.8 million through 1987 and 1991, respectively. These estimates represent a relatively small percentage of total health care costs for all illnesses over the same time period.
The authors find that the cost of treating AIDS does not affect all health care providers uniformly and therefore argue that appropriate …