Perspective: Cost-Effective Trial Balloons and the Potential for Bias: The Case Against in Vitro Fertilization

Volume: 3, Issue: 6, Pages: 411 - 414
Published: Dec 1, 1994
Abstract
Clinicians often lack the analytic tools for critical evaluation of cost-effectiveness studies. A recent publication suggests that in vitro fertilization carries social costs as high as $66,667 per cycle of treatment. Careful examination of current data for success rates and cost factors indicates that this figure is inflated, inaccurate, and misleading. The potential for bias in health services research and the social implications of...
Paper Details
Title
Perspective: Cost-Effective Trial Balloons and the Potential for Bias: The Case Against in Vitro Fertilization
Published Date
Dec 1, 1994
Volume
3
Issue
6
Pages
411 - 414
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