"State Slow to Organize AIDS Care"

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"State Slow to Organize AIDS Care"

United Press International (12/27/88)

Providence, R.I.--The cost of caring for a person with AIDS, usually between $50,000 and $80,000, may be as high as $150,000 in Rhode Island becAUse of the state's slow response to the disease, says Rhode Island Project AIDS. The Project's Client Services Director Robert Hitt blames prejudice against gays and IV drug users for the state legislature's slow response. The state has no case management system, despite evidence that other states have used efficient health care networks to reduce the number of costly stays in acute care hospitals. Clients can receive care at home, get the medical benefits for which they are eligible, and coordinate hospital visits with the help of case management, says Rhode Island Project AIDS' AIDS Director Anne Marie Silvia. In other states, prevention and treatment programs using lay volunteers and medical personnel who donate their time have reduced medical costs. In Rhode Island, which has recorded 211 AIDS cases, many in the medical community are not eager to offer help.
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