| Cost efficiency of reducing multiple births. | |
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PMID: 18598607 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Reducing the frequency of multiple pregnancies would help to prevent prematurity associated with multiple births. Premature newborns may require extensive and costly medical interventions. Long-term disability also involves health, social and educational services during childhood, which may cost ten-fold more for twin than singleton births. On average, the known costs for twin births are four times higher than singleton births and triplet births are ten times higher than singleton births. Single embryo transfer (SET) can reduce the burden of illness due to multiple births. For good prognosis patients, the experimental evidence supports the transfer of a single embryo to reduce the burden of illness due to multiple birth and prematurity. Similar evidence suggests that the cost saving could support additional treatment cycles involving SET cycles. The findings have been confirmed by the beneficial outcome of a new health policy in Belgium, which allowed more reimbursement for assisted reproduction cycles in which transfer strategies aimed to reduce multiple birth rates. |
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Authors:
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John Collins |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Reproductive biomedicine online Volume: 15 Suppl 3 ISSN: 1472-6491 ISO Abbreviation: Reprod. Biomed. Online Publication Date: 2007 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-07-07 Completed Date: 2008-08-21 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101122473 Medline TA: Reprod Biomed Online Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 35-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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McMaster University Hamilton, Adjunct Clinical Professor, Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada. collins@mcmaster.ca |
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Clinical Trials as Topic Cost-Benefit Analysis Economics, Medical Embryo Transfer* Female Fertilization in Vitro / economics* Health Care Costs Health Policy Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Models, Economic Pregnancy Pregnancy, Multiple* Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / economics* |
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