Cost of assisted reproductive technologies for a health maintenance organization

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 570-574

  Hidlebaugh, Dennis A ^a   Thompson, Irwin E ^b   Berger, Merle J ^b  

^a Fallon Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fertilization in vitro; Infertility, female; Infertility, male; Managed care programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OOCYTE DONATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES; ZYGOTE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER;

EID: 0030770788     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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