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Effects and Costs of In-Vitro Fertilization: Again, Let's Be Honest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Ger Haan
Ger Haan
Affiliation:
University of Limburg
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Abstract

The decision whether to enhance diffusion and to reimburse for the fertility treatment in-vitro fertilization (IVF) was postponed in the Netherlands until the results of a cost-effectiveness analysis were known. IVF appeared to be as cost-effective as its most important alternative, tubal surgery. But policy decisions still were not straightforward, obscuring important social and ethical issues.

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General Essays
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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , Fall 1991 , pp. 585 - 593
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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