AIDS Impact: $6.3-Billion Costs
United Press International
WASHINGTON —
The first estimate of the economic impact of AIDS in the United States shows that the first 10,000 victims will cost $6.3 billion in hospitalization and lost income, researchers reported today.
The AIDS victims used up nearly as much in hospital costs as lung cancer victims did even though AIDS is far less common than the nation’s No. 1 killer cancer, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the San Francisco Public Health Department said.
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