AIDS treatment costs during the last months of life: evidence from the ACSUS. (AIDS Costs and Service Utilization Survey)

Health Services Research | December 1, 1994| | Copyright

The relatively long period from the time of diagnosis to the time of death for most diseases makes it difficult to estimate lifetime medical care costs. In an article that estimates the medical care cost of treating persons with AIDS, Scitovsky and colleagues state that "unfortunately, while there are data on annual medical care costs for some other diseases, there are no data on their lifetime costs" (Scitovsky, Cline, and Lee 1986, 3,106).

Nonetheless, there is evidence that, as the time of death approaches, the cost of treatment increases (Riley et al. 1987). Baker ...

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