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Ghiasvand, Hesam, Shamseddin, J., Naghdi, S. and Biglarian, A. (2023) Economic burden of HIV/AIDS Infection in Iran : a modelling approach. Iranian Journal of Public Health , 52 (2). pp. 399-406. doi:10.18502/ijph.v52i2.11893 ISSN 2251-6085.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v52i2.11893
Abstract
Background:
The Human Immunodeficiency Viruses/Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs). It might potentially lead to an economic burden on the health system. There is no certainty about the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Iran. To the best of our knowledge, there is a lack of economic evidence in the country. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the cost of illness of HIV/AIDS infection in Iran.
Methods:
We applied a societal perspective to capture the direct and indirect costs attributed to HIV/AIDS in Iran. We used data for age-standardized prevalence produced by the country HIV/AIDS Surveillance System for 2018. The study estimates both direct and indirect costs for a hypothetical cohort of the Iranian adult population (here equates to all registered cases with Surveillance System). For mitigating the uncertainty around the estimations, we have used an optimistic and pessimistic analysis.
Results:
The base case scenario showed that total direct costs and indirect costs attributed to the HIV/AIDS infection were US$7,946,530 and US$ 1,288,586 at the end of 2018. Also, the total cost is 8,785,116 US$.
Conclusions:
Direct costs have formed approximately 85% of total costs. The policymakers and planners should consider that these costs are only related to diagnosed or registered infected populations. These costs will be raised dramatically with increasing the diagnosed patients.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Population, Evidence & Technologies (PET) > Warwick Evidence Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | AIDS (Disease) -- Economic aspects -- Iran | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Iranian Journal of Public Health | ||||||
Publisher: | Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) | ||||||
ISSN: | 2251-6085 | ||||||
Official Date: | February 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 399-406 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.18502/ijph.v52i2.11893 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2023 Ghiasvand et al.Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences. | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 March 2023 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 March 2023 | ||||||
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