Cost effectiveness of ovarian reserve testing in in vitro fertilization: A Markov decision-analytic model

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Moolenaar, Lobke M ^a,b   Broekmans, Frank J M ^c   Van Disseldorp, Jeroen ^c   Fauser, Bart C J M ^c   Eijkemans, Marinus J C ^c   Hompes, Peter G A ^b   Van Der Veen, Fulco ^a   Mol, Ben Willem J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; in vitro fertilization; ovarian reserve tests

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MARKOV DECISION ANALYTIC MODEL; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARIAN RESERVE TESTING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860389913     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.06.072     Document Type: Article

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