title: An economic analysis of AIDS--towards a proposed model of costing: a Singapore experience.
abstract: With the increasing prevalence of HIV infection/AIDS and the extending range of care and treatment, the economic implications of the various prevention and control strategies, and of treatment, have become the subject of interest to policy-makers, public health specialists and health economists. This paper presents an overview of the methods used for the economic analysis of AIDS/HIV infection. It proposes an activity-oriented, cost center-based model for the costing of the economic impact of AIDS, using cost figures in Singapore since 1985, when the National AIDS Control Program was started. Priorities for future research are also identified.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, Singapore.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Phua
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000191:economics; D017281:Cost of Illness; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000191:economics*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D012846:Singapore