TY - JOUR
T1 - Economics may not explain Hispanic underutilization of assisted reproductive technology services
AU - Feinberg, Eve C.
AU - Larsen, Frederick W.
AU - Wah, Robert M.
AU - Alvero, Ruben J.
AU - Armstrong, Alicia Y.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported by the Department of Clinical Investigation Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - In a lower cost, equal-access-to-care setting, Hispanic use of assisted reproductive technology was less than half of what would have been expected based on patient demographics. Despite this use disparity, there were no significant differences between Hispanic and Caucasian women with regard to infertility diagnoses, assisted reproductive technology cycle parameters, clinical pregnancy rates, live birth rates, spontaneous abortion rates, and implantation rates.
AB - In a lower cost, equal-access-to-care setting, Hispanic use of assisted reproductive technology was less than half of what would have been expected based on patient demographics. Despite this use disparity, there were no significant differences between Hispanic and Caucasian women with regard to infertility diagnoses, assisted reproductive technology cycle parameters, clinical pregnancy rates, live birth rates, spontaneous abortion rates, and implantation rates.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.031
DO - 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.01.031
M3 - Article
C2 - 17561005
AN - SCOPUS:35748943185
VL - 88
SP - 1439
EP - 1441
JO - Fertility and Sterility
JF - Fertility and Sterility
SN - 0015-0282
IS - 5
ER -