Johns Hopkins AIDS Program for Medicaid Patients Efficacious and Cost-Effective

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Johns Hopkins AIDS Program for Medicaid Patients Efficacious and Cost-Effective

Reuters Health Information Services (12/30/97)

Abstract: An article in the December 25th issue of Disease Management News indicates that a new AIDS program for Medicaid patients has both saved money and increased patient survival. The article noted that while Medicaid pays nearly $23,000 per patient for AIDS patients nationwide each year, the average cost of treatment with the Moore Options AIDS program at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland is only about $10,000 per patient per year. According to Dr. John Bartlett, head of the infectious disease division at the university, the AIDS program helped increase the survival rate of AIDS patients from inner-city Baltimore, so that patients in that system had the same likelihood of survival, regardless of earnings, gender, race, or risk level.

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