Disparities in access to effective treatment for infertility in the United States: An Ethics Committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1104-1110

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AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILITY PRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENDER IDENTITY; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PENSION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIGION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT RIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ETHICS COMMITTEES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84946475064     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.07.1139     Document Type: Article

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