title: Medical costs of ambulatory patients with AIDS-related complex (ARC) and/or generalized lymphadenopathy syndrome (GLS) related to HIV infection, 1984-85.
abstract: A cost-of-illness study July 1, 1984-June 30, 1985 evaluating 28 patients with AIDS-Related Complex (ARC) and/or Generalized Lymphadenopathy Syndrome (GLS) found the average cost to be $489 per patient per year. None of the ARC or GLS patients in our study was hospitalized during the one year period, and none progressed to AIDS. No AIDS-specific treatment such as AZT was available at the time this study was completed.
authors.affiliation: Community Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program, Boston Department of Health and Hospitals, MA 02118.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Seage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Landers
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000191:economics*; D000328:Adult; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics*; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male