TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Indirect costs of HIV/AIDS mortality in Canada
JO  - AIDS
A1  - Hanvelt, R. A.
A1  - Ruedy, N. S.
A1  - Hogg, R. S.
A1  - Strathdee, S.
A1  - Montaner, J. S.
A1  - O'Shaughnessy, M. V.
A1  - Schechter, M. T.
SP  - F7
EP  - 11
VL  - 8
IS  - 10
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare the societal impact of HIV infection and AIDS with other selected causes of male mortality in terms of the indirect costs of future production lost.  DESIGN: Descriptive, population-based economic evaluation study.  PATIENTS: All men aged 25-64 years for whom HIV/AIDS or another selected disease was listed as the underlying cause of death in Canada from 1987 to 1991, as reported to Statistics Canada.  SETTING: Canada.  MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Present value of future earnings lost for men using a human capital approach based on potential years of life lost in men aged 25-64 years.  RESULTS: Assuming a 2% annual growth in earnings and a 3% annual real discount rate, the present value of the total loss of future production for all men aged 25-64 years who died in Canada during 1987-1991 was estimated to be 39.74 billion 1990 US$. Deaths due to HIV/AIDS accounted for 5.3% of this total loss or 2.11 billion in 1990 US$. Future production loss due to HIV/AIDS more than doubled during the period from 1987 to 1991, from 0.27 to 0.60 billion 1990 US$. The loss in future earnings attributable to HIV/AIDS was exceeded only by that of ischaemic heart disease (15.2%), suicide (9.4%), motor vehicle accidents (6.6%), and lung cancer (6.6%). In total, these five causes of death accounted for 43.1% of the total indirect cost of production lost for men aged 25-64 years during the 5-year period.  CONCLUSION: Our findings demonstrated HIV/AIDS mortality is already having a dramatic impact on future wealth production in Canada. If the past trend continues, the production lost in 1994 should exceed 0.86 billion 1990 US$ and will account for more than 10% of the total annual loss for men aged 25-64 years.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0269-9370
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00002030-199410000-00001
ID  - ref1
ER  -