Infertility insurance mandates and multiple births

Health Economics (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 775-789

  Buckles, Kasey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

infertility; insurance mandates; multiple births; triplets; twins

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MANDATORY PROGRAMS; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878886806     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2850     Document Type: Article

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