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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
In order to provide an updated balance of the evolution of the natural history of HIV infection, the major clinical end-points of disease morbidity and mortality were compared with the progressively increasing use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), in a cohort of patients followed by our tertiary care centre in an eight-year period including both the pre-HAART and the HAART era. Although direct expenditures for antiretroviral agents reached even 99.8% of overall costs related to drugs and blood derivatives at our entire unit in the year 2000, a clear shift towards outpatient assistance of HIV infection was realized during recent years, leading to an increased and greatly varied spectrum of infectious diseases hospitalized at our inpatient and Day-Hospital units. Due to the significant reduction of inpatient expenditures, even the elevated costs of management of HIV disease based on HAART and periodic virological and immunological monitoring are expected to remain cost-effective, at least during the next few years.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0034-1193
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
648-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
[Economic burden and clinical course of HIV infection and AIDS today: how the variation of natural history, available treatments, and strictly related costs play a role in needs of health care].
pubmed:affiliation
Sezione di Malattie Infettive, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica Specialistica e Sperimentale, Università Alma Mater, Azienda Ospedaliera Policlinico S. Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna. manfredi@med.unibo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, English Abstract