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This paper tries to set up a conceptual framework which would allow us to place the different possible economic approaches to AIDS and HIV infection into a broad perspective and to discuss the potential usefulness and limitations of these approaches.

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Rovira, J. (1990). Economic Aspects of AIDS. In: Schwefel, D., Leidl, R., Rovira, J., Drummond, M.F. (eds) Economic Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84089-0_5

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