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The Economics of HIV Primary Prevention

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Handbook of HIV Prevention

Part of the book series: Aids Prevention and Mental Health ((APMH))

Abstract

Every hour, an average of approximately five people in the United States become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).1 If the US government decided to open a trust fund and place in it enough money to pay for the future care and treatment of newly HIV-infected persons, it would have to deposit between $750,000 and $1,000,000 every hour (or between $6.57 billion and $8.76 billion per year), assuming current projections of medical care costs and HIV incidence.2

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  1. Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Intervention Research and Support, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 30333, USA

    David R. Holtgrave

  2. Center for AIDS Intervention Research, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202, USA

    Steven D. Pinkerton

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  1. Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    John L. Peterson Ph.D.

  2. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Ralph J. DiClemente Ph.D.

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Holtgrave, D.R., Pinkerton, S.D. (2000). The Economics of HIV Primary Prevention. In: Peterson, J.L., DiClemente, R.J. (eds) Handbook of HIV Prevention. Aids Prevention and Mental Health. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4137-0_15

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