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AIDS-Related Income Losses and Implications for Policy Making

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 4, no. 2 (1989): 106-111
Vicky L. Carwein and Clarence G. Ray

In 1987, the authors conducted the first study of AIDS-related income losses and their impact on the economy of the U.S. Past and future lost income was calculated for the entire population of AIDS cases reported in Nevada between 1982 and December 31, 1986. Sixty-five of the 69 AIDS patients had participated in the work force, and total past and future income lost by the state of Nevada was calculated to be $87,355,024. In the present study, the authors have calculated past and future lost income for all AIDS cases reported in Nevada between January 1, 1987, and December 31, 1988, and have determined that the economic losses to Nevada and the U.S. will total more than $300 million.
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