RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 AIDS and the small city: the cost at Kingston General Hospital
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 557
OP 559
VO 139
IS 6
A1 Ford, P.
A1 Robertson, D.
YR 1988
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/139/6/557.abstract
AB Although AIDS is often thought of as a "big-city" disease, it is also becoming a serious health care issue for doctors and other health care workers in "small-city" Canada. Kingston, Ont., is one of those small cities, and of the facilities trying to come to grips with a disease about which much remains to be learned. In this article, Drs. Peter Ford and David Robertson outline their hospital's estimate of the cost, in manpower and money, of dealing with the AIDS crisis. The final estimate: roughly $700,000. Although most of the cost will involve one-time capital spending, they point out that there will likely be ongoing labour-related costs because of the special programs and increased manpower needed to deal with AIDS patients. Clearly, AIDS is no longer a big-city disease.