The cost effectiveness of intracyctoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 571-577

  Hollingsworth, Bruce ^a   Harris, Anthony ^a   Mortimer, Duncan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Health technology assessment; ICSI; IVF; Surgical sperm collection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FERTILIZATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

AUSTRALIA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; SPERM RETRIEVAL;

EID: 37549023068     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-007-9175-0     Document Type: Article

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