Towards a more comprehensive framework to estimating the indirect costs of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.

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dc.contributor.advisorJacobs, Peter Dr.
dc.contributor.authorAndemariam, Ruth Tekle
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Economics and Management Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-05T14:05:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T08:14:39Z
dc.date.available2014-12-31T22:10:06Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T08:14:39Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionMagister Commercii - MComen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study proposed a modification of the traditional cost-of-illness approach. It considered additional indirect cost parameters that yield a comprehensive cost structure for human capital at a micro level. Although HIV/AIDS is an epidemiological problem, it has enormous direct and indirect economic costs. Arguably, the most important cost associated with HIV/AIDS results from the high rates of morbidity and mortality among working age adults, the vast majority of those infected. These are essentially losses in an economy's existing stock and potential accumulation of human capital, implying lower levels of labor productivity and eventually loss of labor. These impacts are accounted for in existing macroeconomic and microeconomic impact studies. Indirect costs, such as forgone earnings due to illness, are included whereas forgone earnings of caregivers in the household are unaccounted for.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/12517
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Cape
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectEconomic aspectsen_US
dc.subjectHIV infectionsen_US
dc.subjectAIDS (Disease)en_US
dc.subjectHIV (Viruses)en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleTowards a more comprehensive framework to estimating the indirect costs of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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