Infertility and the use of infertility treatments in Finland: Prevalence and socio-demographic determinants 1992-2004

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  Terävä, Anna Niina ^a   Gissler, Mika ^b   Hemminki, Elina ^b   Luoto, Riitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infertility treatments; Socio demographic differences; Subfertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OVULATION INDUCTION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; URBAN AREA; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

EID: 37549037508     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Evers J.L. Female subfertility. Lancet 360 9327 (2002) 9-151
2. WHO, http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/HRP_97_27/reproductive_health_indicators_for_global_monitoring.pdf, 2007.
3. Schmidt L., and Munster K. Infertility, involuntary infecundity, and the seeking of medical advice in industrialized countries 1970-1992: a review of concepts, measurements and results. Hum Reprod 10 6 (1995) 18-1407
4. Gnoth C., Godehardt E., Frank-Herrmann P., Friol K., Tigges J., and Freundl G. Definition and prevalence of subfertility and infertility. Hum Reprod 20 5 (2005) 7-1144
5. Chandra A., and Stephen E.H. Impaired fecundity in the United States: 1982-1995. Fam Plann Perspect 30 1 (1998) 34-42
6. Malin M., Hemminki E., Räikkönen O., Sihvo S., and Perälä M.L. What do women want? Women's experiences of infertility treatment. Soc Sci Med 53 1 (2001) 33-123
7. Schmidt L., Munster K., and Helm P. Infertility and the seeking of infertility treatment in a representative population. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 102 12 (1995) 84-978
8. Social determinants of human reproduction. Hum Reprod 16 7 (2001) 1518-1526
9. Dawson A.A., Diedrich K., and Felberbaum R.E. Why do couples refuse or discontinue ART?. Arch Gynecol Obstet 273 1 (2005) 3-11
10. Katz P., Nachtigall R., and Showstack J. The economic impact of the assisted reproductive technologies. Nat Cell Biol 4 Suppl. (2002) 29-32
11. Jain T., Harlow B.L., and Hornstein M.D. Insurance coverage and outcomes of in vitro fertilization. N Engl J Med 347 9 (2002) 6-661
12. Stephen E.H., and Chandra A. Use of infertility services in the United States: 1995. Fam Plan Perspect 32 3 (2000) 7-132
13. Jain T., and Hornstein M.D. Disparities in access to infertility services in a state with mandated insurance coverage. Fertil Steril 84 1 (2005) 3-221
14. Jain T. Socioeconomic and racial disparities among infertility patients seeking care. Fertil Steril 85 4 (2006) 81-876
15. Klemetti R., Gissler M., and Hemminki E. Equity in the use of IVF in Finland in the late 1990s. Scand J Public Health 32 3 (2004) 9-203
16. Gissler M., Malin Silverio M., and Hemminki E. In vitro fertilization pregnancies and perinatal health in Finland 1991-1993. Hum Reprod 10 7 (1995.) 61-1856
17. Silverio M.M., and Hemminki E. Practice of in-vitro fertilization: a case study from Finland. Soc Sci Med 42 7 (1996) 83-975
18. STAKES, https://www.stakes.fi/EN/Tilastot/statisticsbythemes/reproduction/IVFtreatments.htm, 2006.
19. STAKES, https://www.stakes.fi/EN/Tilastot/qualityreports/ivflaatuseloste.htm, 2006.
20. Laatikainen T.T.H., Aftan G., Salminen I., et al. FINRISKI 2002 (2002), Publications of National Public Health Institute B 7 pp. 1-22
21. Hiltunen-Back E., Haikala O., Kautiainen O., Ruutu P., Paavolainen J., and Reunala T. Nationwide increase of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Finland: highest rise among adolescent women and men. Sex Transm Dis 30 10 (2003) 41-737
22. Mol B.W., Dijkman B., Wertheim P., Lijmer J., van der Veen F., and Bossuyt P.M. The accuracy of serum chlamydial antibodies in the diagnosis of tubal pathology: a meta-analysis. Fertil Steril 67 6 (1997) 7-1031
23. Malin M., and Gissler M. Ethnic minority women's birth outcomes in Finland in the 1990s. Proceedings of the conference on migrant health in Europe. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 23-25 June (2004)
24. Bowling A. Research methods in health: investigating health and health services (2002)
25. Temmerman M., Foster L.B., Hannaford P., Cattaneo A., Olsen J., Bloemenkamp K.W., et al. Reproductive health indicators in the European Union: The REPROSTAT project. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 126 1 (2006) 3-10