Economics of assisted reproduction: Access to fertility treatments and valuing live births in economic terms

Human Fertility

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Connolly, Mark P ^a,b   Ledger, William ^c   Postma, Maarten J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Global Market Access Solutions Sàrl   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs; Economic evaluation; Fertility; Health investment; In vitro fertilisation; Infertility; Patient demand; Total fertility rate

Indexed keywords

CHILDBIRTH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; REVIEW;

COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77950989847     PISSN: 14647273     EISSN: 17428149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14647270903401747     Document Type: Review

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