Babies born after ART treatment cost more than non-ART babies: a cost analysis of inpatient birth-admission costs of singleton and multiple gestation pregnancies
Author(s) -
Georgina M. Chambers,
Michael Chapman,
Narelle Grayson,
Marian Shanahan,
Elizabeth Sullivan
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/dem311
Subject(s) - singleton , gestation , medicine , obstetrics , assisted reproductive technology , live birth , multiple birth , pregnancy , population , infertility , genetics , environmental health , biology
Currently, about one-third of infants born after assisted reproductive technology (ART) worldwide are twins or triplets. This study compared the inpatient birth-admission costs of singleton and multiple gestation ART deliveries to non-ART deliveries.
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