Cost of fertility treatment and live birth outcome in women of different ages and BMI

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2199-2211

  Pandey, Shilpi ^a   McLernon, David J ^b   Scotland, Graham ^b   Mollison, Jill ^b   Wordsworth, Sarah ^c   Bhattacharya, Siladitya ^b  

^a Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; BMI; Costs; Fertility; Live birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FUNDING; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; SCIENTIST; SCOTLAND; SELECTION BIAS; STUDY DESIGN; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGE; COST; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; PREGNANCY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 84929730011     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu184     Document Type: Article

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