Will decreasing assisted reproduction technology costs improve utilization and outcomes among minority women?

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2587-2589

  McCarthy Keith, Desireé M ^a,b   Schisterman, Enrique F ^a   Robinson, Randal D ^c   O'Leary, Kathleen ^a   Lucidi, Richard S ^d   Armstrong, Alicia Y ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ART utilization; ethnic disparity; infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MINORITY GROUP; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MINORITY GROUPS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650190170     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.02.021     Document Type: Article

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