Embryo transfer practices and perinatal outcomes by insurance mandate status

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 403-409.e1

  Boulet, Sheree L ^a   Crawford, Sara ^a   Zhang, Yujia ^a   Sunderam, Saswati ^a   Cohen, Bruce ^b   Bernson, Dana ^b   McKane, Patricia ^c   Bailey, Marie A ^d   Jamieson, Denise J ^a   Kissin, Dmitry M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology; embryo transfer; insurance coverage; multiple birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSURANCE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MASSACHUSETTS; MICHIGAN; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84938287599     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.05.015     Document Type: Article

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