Economic evaluation of elective single-embryo transfer with subsequent single frozen embryo transfer in an in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection program

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 699-706

  Hernandez Torres, Elisa ^a,b   Navarro Espigares, José Luis ^a,b   Clavero, Ana ^b   López Regalado, Ma Luisa ^b   Camacho Ballesta, Jose Antonio ^a   Onieva García, Ma Ángeles ^b   Martínez, Luis ^b   Castilla, Jose Antonio ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c Banco de Semen CEIFER   (Spain)

^d Centro MasVida Reproducción   (Spain)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; Economic evaluation; probabilistic sensitivity analysis; single embryo transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOUBLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ELECTIVE SINGLE FROZEN EMBRYO TRANSFER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMINENT ABORTION; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LIVE BIRTH; LIVE BIRTH DELIVERY RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVARY HYPERSTIMULATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL EMBRYO; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVALUATION STUDY; FREEZING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SINGLE EMBRYO TRANSFER; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926218731     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.11.032     Document Type: Article

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