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Comparison of IVF cycles reported in a voluntary ART registry with a mandatory registry in Spain
Author(s) -
Francisca Luceño,
José Antonio Castilla,
José Luis Gómez-Palomares,
Yolanda Cabello,
Jairo Hernández,
J. Marqueta,
Julio Herrero,
Ester Vidal,
S. Fernández-Shaw,
Buenaventura Coroleu
Publication year - 2010
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/deq267
Subject(s) - observational study , turnover , register (sociolinguistics) , family medicine , demography , medicine , fertility , quality (philosophy) , environmental health , population , linguistics , philosophy , management , pathology , sociology , economics , epistemology
Monitoring assisted reproductive technology (ART) is essential to evaluate the performance of fertility treatment and its impact on birth rates. In Europe, there are two kinds of ART registers: voluntary and mandatory. The validity of register data is very important with respect to the quality of register-based observational studies. The aim of this paper is to determine the degree of agreement between voluntary and mandatory ART registers.

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