Macroeconomic impact of HIV: The need for better modelling

Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-254

  Lamontagne, Erik ^a   Haacker, Markus ^b   Ventelou, Bruno ^c   Greener, Robert ^a  

^a UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral treatment; Fiscal; Growth; Health; HIV; Human capital; Impact; Macroeconomic

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ECONOMICS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC;

EID: 77951094095     PISSN: 1746630X     EISSN: 17466318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COH.0b013e3283384a3c     Document Type: Review

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