AIDS in Europe

Abstract

AIDS appears to be increasing exponentially, and the prognosis of those with disease is dismal. Each patient with AIDS in the United States requires two to three months of care in hospital, often in intensive care facilities. The cost of the hospital care alone of patients with AIDS will exceed $100 million in the United States next year. Though the number of cases of AIDS in Europe is, fortunately, far smaller, these estimates provide sobering portents for the future. The health planners and science resource managers of Europe must make use of whatever lag time exists between the epidemic curves in the United States and Europe to prepare the necessary support for coming needs - both clinical and research needs.