Forecasts of the costs of medical care for persons with HIV: 1992-1995

Abstract

This study concludes that the cumulative (national) cost of treating all persons with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) rose considerably over the past year and will continue to rise over the next several years. It is forecast that the cumulative cost of treating all persons with HIV will increase 48% from 1992 to 1995 (from $10.3 billion to $15.2 billion). It is estimated that the average yearly cost of treating a person with AIDS is $38,300 and of treating an infected person without AIDS is $10,000. The lifetime cost of treating a PWA is calculated to be $102,000. This is the first study to use, along with other data, data from the AIDS Cost and Service Utilization Survey to estimate the cost of treating persons with the HIV. The study also projects the number of AIDS cases to be 66,300 in 1992, 76,200 in 1993, 86,800 in 1994, and 97,800 in 1995.