Effects and Costs of In-Vitro Fertilization: Again, Let's Be Honest
- 1 January 1991
- journal article
- general essays
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
- Vol. 7 (4) , 585-593
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300007145
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.Keywords
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