Preterm deliveries that result from multiple pregnancies associated with assisted reproductive technologies in the USA: A cost analysis

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 168-173

  Bromer, Jason G ^a   Ata, Baris ^b   Seli, Meltem ^c   Lockwood, Charles J ^a   Seli, Emre ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Division of Neonatology   (United States)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; cost analysis; IVF; multiple pregnancy; premature delivery; preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TRIPLETS; INFANT MORBIDITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 79955955902     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32834551cd     Document Type: Review

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