HIV treatment may cost up to six hundred thousand dollars
A study led by Bruce Hackman finds an HIV diagnosed person can live about 24 years with care costs exceeding 600000 dollars. The research updates earlier life expectancy to about two decades and raises questions for future state and federal funding for HIV AIDS care and prevention.
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Weill Comet Medical College
Costly HIV treatment could yield two decades of life
A study using data from 18 U S medical practices estimates lifetime HIV care costs at 618000 per person with annual costs around 52100 and two thirds for medications. The typical regimens include efavirenz tenofovir and emtricitabine, costing about 1140 monthly in 2004.
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Carlos del Rio
Emory University
Center For Aids Research
United States
Schackman
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