Projections of non-communicable disease and health care costs among HIV-positive persons in Italy and the U.S.A.: A modelling study.

Country-specific forecasts of the growing non-communicable disease (NCD) burden in ageing HIV-positive patients will be key to guide future HIV policies. We provided the first national forecasts for Italy and the Unites States of America (USA) and quantified direct cost of caring for these increasin...

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Main Authors: Mikaela Smit, Rachel Cassidy, Alessandro Cozzi-Lepri, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Enrico Girardi, Alessia Mammone, Andrea Antinori, Annalisa Saracino, Francesca Bai, Stefano Rusconi, Giacomo Magnani, Francesco Castelli, Priscilla Hsue, Antonella d'Arminio Monforte, Timothy B Hallett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5653300?pdf=render