Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVI

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Social Sciences, Economics and AIDS

      • D. Schwefel

      Pages 3-16

3. Exploring Spread and Context of AIDS and HIV Infection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. Patterns of AIDS and HIV Infection in Europe

      • A. M. Downs, R. A. Ancelle-Park, I. de Vincenzi, J.-B. Brunet

      Pages 19-37

   3. Demographic Impact of Mortality from AIDS in France: Projection for 1991

      • M. Guiguet, A. J. Valleron

      Pages 38-42

   4. Social and Political Aspects of AIDS

      • J. Santos Lucas

      Pages 43-48

   5. Economic Aspects of AIDS

      • J. Rovira

      Pages 49-56

4. Patterns of Health Care and Social Support Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 57-57

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   2. The US Hospital AIDS Survey: Structure and Substance

      • D. P. Andrulis

      Pages 59-66

   3. Description and Analysis of Patterns of Outpatient Care for AIDS Patients and HIV Infected Persons

      • G. Brenner

      Pages 67-79

   4. Social Support Systems for People Affected by AIDS. Observations from West Germany

      • W. Satzinger

      Pages 80-89

   5. Use of Sentinel Systems in the Evaluation of the Impact of AIDS and HIV Infection

      • G. Thiers, M. Denayer, A. Stroobant

      Pages 90-97

   6. Services for the Management of HIV Infection: Problems for Planners

      • A. M. Johnson

      Pages 98-103

5. Costs of AIDS and HIV Infection

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Economic Evaluation of Programmes for AIDS and HIV Infection: Methodological Issues

      • M. Drummond, L. Davies

      Pages 107-117

   3. The Economic Analysis of Prevention of HIV Infection: Evaluation of Programmes and Decision Support for Priority Setting in Health Policy. Case Study. Sweden

      • M. Lagergren

      Pages 118-126

   4. The Cost of AIDS and HIV Infection: Public Expenditures for AIDS Prevention in the Federal Republic of Germany

      • A. Jenke, A.-M. Reinkemeier

      Pages 127-135

   5. The Costs of Hospital Care of AIDS Patients at the Teaching Hospital of the University of Amsterdam

      • P. R. E. Bijlsma

      Pages 136-150

   6. Direct and Indirect Costs of AIDS in Belgium: A Preliminary Analysis

      • J. Lambert, G. Carrin

      Pages 151-159

From the early days of its recognized occurrence, AIDS has been per­ ceived as posing tremendous threats, burdens and challenges to human beings. Individuals, societies and, in a global point of view, mankind are affected by the effects of the HN infection, the nature and extent of which is still unclear in many ways. In the beginning only biomedical and epidemiological analyses of the problem were the top research priori­ ties, the former laden with great hopes that it may soon be possible to stop the spread of the disease and to overcome its physical impact. Yet it soon became clear that AIDS would be something to be reckoned and coped with on a long-term basis, making a thorough investigation of its impact absolutely mandatory. AIDS has serious economic consequences. Taken seriously, they can­ not be confined to predictions of costs intended to support the AIDS issue in the struggle for resources. Besides cost calculations - a method­ ologically tricky and wide-ranging topic in itself -and their application to cost-effectiveness and other analyses, economic issues include identify­ ing and assessing patterns of care, analyzing problems of financing, exploring impacts on markets other than health care, and modelling scenarios for future developments and strategies. At present, the eco­ nomic aspects of AIDS still constitute a very recent topic in European health economics and health systems research. Many projects are just about to start, and there must be a better exchange of information between research groups.

• AIDS
• AIDS prevention
• Evaluation
• HIV
• HIV infection
• Nation
• health
• health policy
• infection
• infectious
• infectious disease
• infectious diseases
• prevention
• sweden

• GSF-Institut für Medizinische Informatik und Systemforschung, Neuherberg, Germany

  Detlef Schwefel, Reiner Leidl

• Department de Teoria Econòmica, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  Joan Rovira

• Health Services Management Centre, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  Michael F. Drummond

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