1986年在澳大利亚悉尼,作者对在同一个医院里接受全部治疗的39例爱滋病患者的病历进行了回顾性的分析,他们在医院治疗的医疗费用平均为22,232澳元,其中95％花费在住院治疗上。如果到1991年全澳大利亚将有3000例爱滋病患者的预言成为现实的话,这就意味着至少要另外增加5,850万澳元的医疗费用。本研究强调指出,卫生保健当局有必要预先有所安排以应付这种为治疗爱滋病而增加的经济压力。 In Sydney, Australia, in 1986, the authors retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 39 HIV-infected patients who received all treatment in the same hospital. The average cost of medical treatment in hospitals was A$22,232, of which 95% was spent on hospitalization. . If, by 1991, the prediction of 3,000 AIDS patients in Australia would become a reality, this would mean at least an additional $58.5 million in medical costs. The study emphasizes that it is necessary for health care authorities to make advance arrangements to cope with this increased economic pressure for the treatment of AIDS.