Estimating the mortality cost of AIDS: do estimates of earnings differ?
The future earnings of male Texans dying of AIDS in 1987 were estimated using: national earnings profiles; earnings derived from occupations listed on death certificates; and earnings reported by persons with AIDS who responded to a survey. Mortality cost estimates using the two sources of actual earnings differed by a modest amount in comparison to the estimate using national earnings profiles.
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School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77225.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D003644:Death Certificates; D004467:Economics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D026712:Value of Life