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Article: NYC hospitals see decline in AIDS patients. (New York City)
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- Crain's New York Business
- Article date:
- January 20, 1997
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Empty beds cost hospitals revenue; cutbacks loom in many programs
Less than a year ago, doctors began treating AIDS patients with a promising new mixture of drugs and protease inhibitors. Already, the results have been spectacular, as the drugs erase any trace of the deadly virus in the blood of thousands of individuals with AIDS.
But for New York hospitals, the drugs have had an unexpected side effect: Beds that had been filled by AIDS patients are emptying. Hospitals, nursing homes and hospices are losing revenues, and if the trend continues, these institutions will be under pressure to eliminate beds and the staff that helped serve these patients.
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