HIV survival and the introduction of HAART. In a journal article, Philipson and Jena (2006) study HIV survival and expenditures. Figure 13.9 shows trends in HIV survival and HIV expenditures in the US.

TECHNOLOGY AND THE PRICE OF HEALTH CARE 277 (a) HIV survival curves, 1980-2000 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 Probability 0.5 0.4 1980 1986 1992 2000 0.3 0.2 0. 1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Years since infection (b) HIV expenditures, 1986-2004 4.5 4 . 3.5 3 2.5 $ billion 2 1.5 - 1 0.5 0 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Year - Public Private - Total Figure 13.9. Trends in HIV survival and expenditures in the US. (a) HIV survival curves, 1980-2000. (b) HIV expenditures, 1986-2004. Source: Figures 3 and 4 from Philipson and Jena (2006). Reproduced with permission of De Gruyter