Cost-effective treatment of the infertile couple

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 995-1005

  Van Voorhis, Bradley J ^a   Stovall, Dale W ^a   Allen, Brian D ^a   Syrop, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Fallopian tube surgery; HMG; Infertility; Intrauterine insemination; IVF; Male factor

Indexed keywords

CLOMIFENE CITRATE; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE INTRAFALLOPIAN TRANSFER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; OOCYTE DONATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; UTERINE TUBE SURGERY;

EID: 0032403640     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00341-0     Document Type: Review

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