Universal coverage of IVF pays off

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1313-1319

  Velez M P ^a   Connolly, M P ^b,c   Kadoch, I J ^a,d   Phillips, S ^d   Bissonnette, F ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c St Prex   (Switzerland)

^d OVO Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost per pregnancy; Economics; In vitro fertilization; Multiple pregnancy; Single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN DEATH; OOCYTE RETRIEVAL; PREGNANCY RATE; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TWIN PREGNANCY; ECONOMICS; INSURANCE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; EMBRYO; OVARY CYCLE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84900803817     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu067     Document Type: Article

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