The impact of legally restricted embryo transfer and reimbursement policy on cumulative delivery rate after treatment with assisted reproduction technology

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 267-275

  Peeraer, K ^a   Debrock, S ^a   Laenen, A ^b   De Loecker, P ^a   Spiessens, C ^a   De Neubourg, D ^a   D'Hooghe, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction technology; Cumulative delivery rate; Health policy; Legislation; Multiple pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE DELIVERY RATE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ASSISTED REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; CUMULATIVE DELIVERY RATE; HEALTH POLICY; LEGISLATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BELGIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; OOCYTES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84893111317     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det405     Document Type: Article

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