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dc.contributor.authorFimpel, Juliaen_US
dc.contributor.authorStolpe, Michaelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-13T14:54:54Z-
dc.date.available2011-05-13T14:54:54Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.citation11 3 305-322 The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; health economics in prevention and care 1618-7598en_US
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.1007/s10198-009-0177-yen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/45586-
dc.description.abstractBased on the aggregation of individual willingness-to-pay for a statistical life, we calibrate an inter-temporal optimisation model to determine the aggregate welfare loss from HIV/AIDS in 25 Eastern European countries. Assuming a discount rate of 3%, we find a total welfare loss for the whole region that exceeds US $800 billion, approximately 10% of the region’s annual GDP between 1995 and 2001. Although prevalence and incidence rates diverge sharply between countries—with central Europe far less affected than major countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Baltics—the epidemic is likely to spread to all countries unless a coherent strategy of prevention and treatment is backed up by substantial increases in healthcare investments. The sheer size of this task and the international nature of the epidemic render this one of the most important current challenges for all of Europe.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.jelD91en_US
dc.subject.jelI12en_US
dc.subject.jelI18en_US
dc.subject.jelJ17en_US
dc.subject.ddc330en_US
dc.subject.stwAIDSen_US
dc.subject.stwWert des Lebensen_US
dc.subject.stwSoziale Kostenen_US
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen_US
dc.subject.stwOsteuropaen_US
dc.titleThe welfare costs of HIVen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ppn630352860en_US
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