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http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKKRA87734120080208
The cost of giving birth using assisted reproduction technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) exceeds $100,000 when the probability of a live birth falls below 15 percent, suggest results of a new cost analysis.
"Couples who are considering fertility treatments need the best information possible," study chief Dr. James H. Segars of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, told Reuters Health. "Our paper provides estimates of the potential costs of infertility treatments."
These estimates "provide important information that couples and their physicians can use in deciding whether to consider using the woman's own eggs versus other options, such as donor eggs or adoption," Segars concluded.
The cost of giving birth using assisted reproduction technologies such as in vitro fertilization (IVF) exceeds $100,000 when the probability of a live birth falls below 15 percent, suggest results of a new cost analysis.
"Couples who are considering fertility treatments need the best information possible," study chief Dr. James H. Segars of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, told Reuters Health. "Our paper provides estimates of the potential costs of infertility treatments."
These estimates "provide important information that couples and their physicians can use in deciding whether to consider using the woman's own eggs versus other options, such as donor eggs or adoption," Segars concluded.
