Belgium model of coupling reimbursement of ART costs to restriction in number of embryos transferred

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 348, Issue , 2014, Pages

  De Neubourg, Diane ^a   Peeraer, Karen ^a   Debrock, Sophie ^a   D'Hooghe, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETTER; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BELGIUM; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 84896734866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.g1559     Document Type: Letter

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