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Ann M. Hardy, DPH; Kathryn Rauch; Dean Echenberg, MD, PhD; W. Meade Morgan, PhD; James W. Curran, MD, MPH

JAMA. 1986;255(2):209-211.

Abstract
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a serious, fatal disease affecting a relatively young population and has a great economic impact. Expenditures for hospitalization and economic losses from disability and premature death were estimated for the first 10,000 patients with AIDS reported in the United States. Extrapolation of data from surveys done in New York City, Philadelphia, and San Francisco suggests that these 10,000 patients with AIDS will require an estimated 1.6 million days in the hospital, resulting in over $1.4 billion in expenditures. Losses incurred for the 8,387 years of work that will be lost from disability and from the premature death of the 10,000 patients will be over $4.8 billion. The total economic burden of the AIDS epidemic will continue to rise as the number of diagnosed cases increases. These estimates reinforce the need for effective disease prevention strategies to reduce the number of cases.

(JAMA 1986;255:209-211)

Author Affiliations
From the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta (Drs Hardy, Morgan, and Curran and Ms Rauch); and the Bureau of Communicable Disease Control, San Francisco Department of Public Health (Dr Echenberg and Ms Rauch).

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Surveillance and Statistics Section, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333 (Dr Hardy).

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